diff --git a/phpBB/includes/session.php b/phpBB/includes/session.php
index e91606878a..cf2efd2960 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/session.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/session.php
@@ -2113,7 +2113,7 @@ class user extends session
 	* @param DateTimeZone $timezone Time zone of the time.
 	* @return phpbb_datetime Date time object linked to the current users locale
 	*/
-	public function create_datetime($time, DateTimeZone $timezone = null)
+	public function create_datetime($time = 'now', DateTimeZone $timezone = null)
 	{
 		$timezone = $timezone ? $timezone : $this->tz;