diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6d164647..4175568a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.0.9 (2012-09-16 11:42:59) stable
+Version 2.0.9 (2012-09-16 11:46:00) stable
diff --git a/gluon/scheduler.py b/gluon/scheduler.py
index b22019fd..b0136a85 100644
--- a/gluon/scheduler.py
+++ b/gluon/scheduler.py
@@ -454,7 +454,8 @@ class Scheduler(MetaScheduler):
             Field('args','text',default='[]',requires=TYPE(list)),
             Field('vars','text',default='{}',requires=TYPE(dict)),
             Field('enabled','boolean',default=True),
-            Field('start_time','datetime',default=now, requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
+            Field('start_time','datetime',default=now,
+                  requires = IS_DATETIME()),
             Field('next_run_time','datetime',default=now),
             Field('stop_time','datetime'),
             Field('repeats','integer',default=1,comment="0=unlimited",