diff --git a/plugins/libkolab/lib/kolab_format_contact.php b/plugins/libkolab/lib/kolab_format_contact.php
index 84df7420..67813421 100644
--- a/plugins/libkolab/lib/kolab_format_contact.php
+++ b/plugins/libkolab/lib/kolab_format_contact.php
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ class kolab_format_contact extends kolab_format
         if (!empty($object['uid']))
             $this->obj->setUid($object['uid']);
 
+        $object['changed'] = new DateTime('now', self::$timezone);
+
         // do the hard work of setting object values
         $nc = new NameComponents;
         $nc->setSurnames(self::array2vector($object['surname']));
diff --git a/plugins/libkolab/lib/kolab_format_distributionlist.php b/plugins/libkolab/lib/kolab_format_distributionlist.php
index e8fae764..fe998042 100644
--- a/plugins/libkolab/lib/kolab_format_distributionlist.php
+++ b/plugins/libkolab/lib/kolab_format_distributionlist.php
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ class kolab_format_distributionlist extends kolab_format
         if (!empty($object['uid']))
             $this->obj->setUid($object['uid']);
 
+        $object['changed'] = new DateTime('now', self::$timezone);
+
         $this->obj->setName($object['name']);
 
         $seen = array();
diff --git a/plugins/libkolab/lib/kolab_format_journal.php b/plugins/libkolab/lib/kolab_format_journal.php
index 46a59db0..219c6f11 100644
--- a/plugins/libkolab/lib/kolab_format_journal.php
+++ b/plugins/libkolab/lib/kolab_format_journal.php
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ class kolab_format_journal extends kolab_format
         if (!empty($object['uid']))
             $this->obj->setUid($object['uid']);
 
+        $object['changed'] = new DateTime('now', self::$timezone);
+
         // TODO: set object propeties
 
         // cache this data
diff --git a/plugins/libkolab/lib/kolab_format_note.php b/plugins/libkolab/lib/kolab_format_note.php
index 1eafa72d..a5b2cd4f 100644
--- a/plugins/libkolab/lib/kolab_format_note.php
+++ b/plugins/libkolab/lib/kolab_format_note.php
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ class kolab_format_note extends kolab_format
         if (!empty($object['uid']))
             $this->obj->setUid($object['uid']);
 
+        $object['changed'] = new DateTime('now', self::$timezone);
+
         // TODO: set object propeties
 
         // cache this data
diff --git a/plugins/libkolab/lib/kolab_format_xcal.php b/plugins/libkolab/lib/kolab_format_xcal.php
index db2ad3a6..18cf6e59 100644
--- a/plugins/libkolab/lib/kolab_format_xcal.php
+++ b/plugins/libkolab/lib/kolab_format_xcal.php
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ abstract class kolab_format_xcal extends kolab_format
         if (!empty($object['uid']))
             $this->obj->setUid($object['uid']);
 
+        $object['changed'] = new DateTime('now', self::$timezone);
+
         // increment sequence
         $this->obj->setSequence($this->obj->sequence()+1);