diff --git a/addons/account/account_bank_statement.py b/addons/account/account_bank_statement.py
index d3386d9ac6d..f1570caab91 100644
--- a/addons/account/account_bank_statement.py
+++ b/addons/account/account_bank_statement.py
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ class account_bank_statement_line(osv.osv):
     }
     _defaults = {
         'name': lambda self,cr,uid,context={}: self.pool.get('ir.sequence').get(cr, uid, 'account.bank.statement.line'),
-        'date': lambda *a: time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d'),
+        'date': lambda self,cr,uid,context={}: context.get('date', time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')),
         'type': 'general',
     }
 
diff --git a/addons/account/account_cash_statement.py b/addons/account/account_cash_statement.py
index 3957e75c860..e856454703f 100644
--- a/addons/account/account_cash_statement.py
+++ b/addons/account/account_cash_statement.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class account_cash_statement(osv.osv):
     }
     _defaults = {
         'state': 'draft',
-        'date': lambda *a: time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
+        'date': lambda self,cr,uid,context={}: context.get('date', time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")),
         'user_id': lambda self, cr, uid, context=None: uid,
         'starting_details_ids': _get_cash_open_box_lines,
         'ending_details_ids': _get_default_cash_close_box_lines
diff --git a/addons/account/account_view.xml b/addons/account/account_view.xml
index cead56bfca8..45345554605 100644
--- a/addons/account/account_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account/account_view.xml
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@
                     </group>
                     <notebook colspan="4">
                         <page string="Transaction" name="statement_line_ids">
-                            <field colspan="4" name="line_ids" nolabel="1">
+                            <field colspan="4" name="line_ids" nolabel="1" context="{'date':date}">
                                 <tree editable="bottom" string="Statement lines">
                                     <field name="sequence" readonly="1" invisible="1"/>
                                     <field name="date" groups="base.group_extended"/>
@@ -2564,7 +2564,7 @@ action = pool.get('res.config').next(cr, uid, [], context)
 
                     <notebook colspan="4">
                         <page string="Cash Transactions" attrs="{'invisible': [('state','=','draft')]}">
-                            <field colspan="4" name="line_ids" nolabel="1">
+                            <field colspan="4" name="line_ids" nolabel="1" context="{'date':date}">
                                 <tree editable="bottom" string="Statement lines">
                                     <field name="sequence" invisible="1"/>
                                     <field name="date" groups="base.group_extended"/>