diff --git a/packages/dbgateways/H2Gateway.cfc b/packages/dbgateways/H2Gateway.cfc
index f420b9eb1..f8d094687 100644
--- a/packages/dbgateways/H2Gateway.cfc
+++ b/packages/dbgateways/H2Gateway.cfc
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@
 				</cfcase>
 				<cfcase value="datetime,timestamp" delimiters=",">
 					<cfset stColumn.type = "datetime" />
-					<cfset stColumn.precision = "6" />
+					<cfset stColumn.precision = "3" />
 					<cfif stColumn.default gt dateadd('yyyy',100,now()) and stColumn.nullable>
 						<cfset stColumn.default = "NULL" />
 					<cfelseif stColumn.default gt dateadd('yyyy',100,now())>
diff --git a/packages/dbgateways/MSSQL2005Gateway.cfc b/packages/dbgateways/MSSQL2005Gateway.cfc
index b3ba1b1d3..832ffb0fa 100644
--- a/packages/dbgateways/MSSQL2005Gateway.cfc
+++ b/packages/dbgateways/MSSQL2005Gateway.cfc
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
 					</cfcase>
 					<cfcase value="datetime,datetime2" delimiters=",">
 						<cfset stColumn.type = "datetime" />
-						<cfset stColumn.precision = "6" />
+						<cfset stColumn.precision = "3" />
 						<cfif stColumn.default gt dateadd('yyyy',100,now()) and stColumn.nullable>
 							<cfset stColumn.default = "NULL" />
 						<cfelseif stColumn.default gt dateadd('yyyy',100,now())>
diff --git a/packages/dbgateways/MSSQL2012Gateway.cfc b/packages/dbgateways/MSSQL2012Gateway.cfc
index 80af71933..0bd854b9d 100644
--- a/packages/dbgateways/MSSQL2012Gateway.cfc
+++ b/packages/dbgateways/MSSQL2012Gateway.cfc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 						<cfcase value="longchar"><cfoutput>nvarchar(MAX) </cfoutput></cfcase>
 						<cfcase value="datetime">
 							<cfif stProp.precision eq "">
-								<cfoutput>datetime2(6) </cfoutput>
+								<cfoutput>datetime2(3) </cfoutput>
 							<cfelse>
 								<cfoutput>datetime2(#stProp.precision#) </cfoutput>
 							</cfif>
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 					<cfcase value="longchar">nvarchar(MAX)</cfcase>
 					<cfcase value="datetime">
 						<cfif stProp.precision eq "">
-							datetime2(6)
+							datetime2(3)
 						<cfelse>
 							datetime2(#stProp.precision#)
 						</cfif>
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
 					<cfcase value="longchar">nvarchar(MAX)</cfcase>
 					<cfcase value="datetime">
 						<cfif stProp.precision eq "">
-							datetime2(6)
+							datetime2(3)
 						<cfelse>
 							datetime2(#stProp.precision#)
 						</cfif>
diff --git a/packages/dbgateways/MSSQLGateway.cfc b/packages/dbgateways/MSSQLGateway.cfc
index 13ee97d07..2d0152a70 100644
--- a/packages/dbgateways/MSSQLGateway.cfc
+++ b/packages/dbgateways/MSSQLGateway.cfc
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@
 					</cfcase>
 					<cfcase value="datetime,datetime2" delimiters=",">
 						<cfset stColumn.type = "datetime" />
-						<cfset stColumn.precision = "6" />
+						<cfset stColumn.precision = "3" />
 						<cfif stColumn.default gt dateadd('yyyy',100,now()) and stColumn.nullable>
 							<cfset stColumn.default = "NULL" />
 						<cfelseif stColumn.default gt dateadd('yyyy',100,now())>
diff --git a/packages/dbgateways/MySQLGateway.cfc b/packages/dbgateways/MySQLGateway.cfc
index c410ec99c..8c0140e2c 100644
--- a/packages/dbgateways/MySQLGateway.cfc
+++ b/packages/dbgateways/MySQLGateway.cfc
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@
 				</cfcase>
 				<cfcase value="datetime">
 					<cfset stColumn.type = "datetime" />
-					<cfset stColumn.precision = "6" />
+					<cfset stColumn.precision = "3" />
 					<cfif stColumn.default gt dateadd('yyyy',100,now()) and stColumn.nullable>
 						<cfset stColumn.default = "NULL" />
 					<cfelseif stColumn.default gt dateadd('yyyy',100,now())>
diff --git a/packages/lib/db.cfc b/packages/lib/db.cfc
index 4b03849d9..dc343afac 100644
--- a/packages/lib/db.cfc
+++ b/packages/lib/db.cfc
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
 			</cfcase>
 			<cfcase value="date,datetime" delimiters=",">
 				<cfset stResult.type = "datetime" />
-				<cfset stResult.precision = "6" />
+				<cfset stResult.precision = "3" />
 			</cfcase>
 			<cfcase value="numeric">
 				<cfset stResult.type = "numeric" />