diff --git a/scripts/ddl2cpp b/scripts/ddl2cpp
index c4d41584..c0f973dc 100755
--- a/scripts/ddl2cpp
+++ b/scripts/ddl2cpp
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ def toMemberName(s):
 def ddlWord(string):
     return WordStart(alphanums + "_") + CaselessLiteral(string) + WordEnd(alphanums + "_")
 
+def ddlFunctionWord(string):
+    return CaselessLiteral(string) + OneOrMore("(") + ZeroOrMore(" ") + OneOrMore(")")
+
 ddlString   = Or([QuotedString("'"), QuotedString("\"", escQuote='""'), QuotedString("`")])
 negativeSign = Literal('-')
 ddlNum     = Combine(Optional(negativeSign) + Word(nums + "."))
@@ -98,7 +101,7 @@ ddlConstraint = Or([
         ddlWord("INDEX"),
         ddlWord("UNIQUE"),
         ])
-ddlColumn   = Group(Optional(ddlConstraint).setResultsName("isConstraint") + OneOrMore(MatchFirst([ddlNotNull, ddlAutoValue, ddlDefaultValue, ddlTerm, ddlNum, ddlColumnComment, ddlString, ddlArguments])))
+ddlColumn   = Group(Optional(ddlConstraint).setResultsName("isConstraint") + OneOrMore(MatchFirst([ddlNotNull, ddlAutoValue, ddlDefaultValue, ddlFunctionWord("NOW"), ddlTerm, ddlNum, ddlColumnComment, ddlString, ddlArguments])))
 createTable = Group(ddlWord("CREATE") + ddlWord("TABLE") + ddlName.setResultsName("tableName") + "(" + Group(delimitedList(ddlColumn)).setResultsName("columns") + ")").setResultsName("create")