diff --git a/ietf/submit/migrations/0021_submissioncheck_time_default.py b/ietf/submit/migrations/0021_submissioncheck_time_default.py
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+++ b/ietf/submit/migrations/0021_submissioncheck_time_default.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.10.8 on 2017-10-29 10:46
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import datetime
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('submit', '0020_authors_as_jsonfield'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='submissioncheck',
+            name='time',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now),
+        ),
+    ]