Thread: JPA TIMESTAMP (MySQL)

I have a TIMESTAMP Columns in my MySQL database. This is the relevant section of the entity class:

@Basic(optional = false)
@NotNull
@Column(name = "created_date")
@Temporal(TemporalType.TIMESTAMP)
private Date createdDate;

My problem is that it updates to a new TIMESTAMP automatically every time I persist anything to that row in the database. I am explicitly NOT updating that value but it updates itself. How do I prevent that from happening so it simply retains the original value entered?

I created the table using workbench, I can't see anything that denotes that the value should be automatically created, what should I be looking for? With regards to specifying the current time the answer is no. I am simply creating a new Date() when the user is created and it seems to automatically add in the time.