diff --git a/addons/account/account_cash_statement.py b/addons/account/account_cash_statement.py
index 982383ea2a7..f2c28dd541b 100644
--- a/addons/account/account_cash_statement.py
+++ b/addons/account/account_cash_statement.py
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ 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 a77d7eb0bb1..b4696346b60 100644
--- a/addons/account/account_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account/account_view.xml
@@ -2563,7 +2563,7 @@ action = self.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"/>