# Is there any way to use bulk\_create() or bulk\_update() with auto\_now argument?

**URL:** <https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-use-bulk-create-or-bulk-update-with-auto-now-argument/12470>\
**Category:** Using the ORM\
**Created:** [March 6, 2022, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-use-bulk-create-or-bulk-update-with-auto-now-argument/12470 "2022-03-06T02:02:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![penriuku](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/penriuku/32/7224_2.png) [@penriuku](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/penriuku)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-use-bulk-create-or-bulk-update-with-auto-now-argument/12470/1 "2022-03-06T02:02:23Z")

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same as the title, I wanna bulk\_create() the model class that with auto\_now\_add argument contained filed (or bulk\_update() with auto\_now)

Django version is 3.

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**Author:** ![KenWhitesell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/kenwhitesell/32/280_2.png) [@KenWhitesell](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/KenWhitesell)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-use-bulk-create-or-bulk-update-with-auto-now-argument/12470/2 "2022-03-06T03:33:38Z")

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The bulk\_create works as expected.

See the docs for [auto\_now](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/models/fields/#django.db.models.DateField.auto_now) for the explanation as to why it doesn’t update with bulk\_update.