diff --git a/app/dao/returned_letters_dao.py b/app/dao/returned_letters_dao.py
index 7e313178c..a79bc5b64 100644
--- a/app/dao/returned_letters_dao.py
+++ b/app/dao/returned_letters_dao.py
@@ -23,19 +23,21 @@ def _get_notification_ids_for_references(references):
 @transactional
 def insert_or_update_returned_letters(references):
     data = _get_notification_ids_for_references(references)
-    now = datetime.utcnow()
     for row in data:
         table = ReturnedLetter.__table__
 
         stmt = insert(table).values(
-            reported_at=now,
+            reported_at=datetime.utcnow().date(),
             service_id=row.service_id,
-            notification_id=row.id)
+            notification_id=row.id,
+            created_at=datetime.utcnow()
+        )
 
         stmt = stmt.on_conflict_do_update(
             index_elements=[table.c.notification_id],
             set_={
-                'reported_at': now,
+                'reported_at': datetime.utcnow().date(),
+                'updated_at': datetime.utcnow()
             }
         )
         db.session.connection().execute(stmt)
diff --git a/app/models.py b/app/models.py
index 577beb64a..1c7a68f35 100644
--- a/app/models.py
+++ b/app/models.py
@@ -2076,7 +2076,9 @@ class ReturnedLetter(db.Model):
     __tablename__ = 'returned_letters'
 
     id = db.Column(UUID(as_uuid=True), primary_key=True, default=uuid.uuid4)
-    reported_at = db.Column(db.DateTime, nullable=False, default=datetime.datetime.utcnow)
+    reported_at = db.Column(db.Date, nullable=False)
     service_id = db.Column(UUID(as_uuid=True), db.ForeignKey('services.id'), unique=False, index=True, nullable=False)
     service = db.relationship(Service, backref=db.backref('returned_letters'))
     notification_id = db.Column(UUID(as_uuid=True), unique=True, nullable=False)
+    created_at = db.Column(db.DateTime, nullable=False)
+    updated_at = db.Column(db.DateTime, nullable=True, onupdate=datetime.datetime.utcnow)
diff --git a/migrations/versions/0310_returned_letters_table_.py b/migrations/versions/0310_returned_letters_table_.py
index a33be2595..fe71e1e7d 100644
--- a/migrations/versions/0310_returned_letters_table_.py
+++ b/migrations/versions/0310_returned_letters_table_.py
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ down_revision = '0309_add_uq_key_row_number'
 def upgrade():
     op.create_table('returned_letters',
         sa.Column('id', postgresql.UUID(as_uuid=True), nullable=False),
-        sa.Column('reported_at', sa.DateTime(), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column('reported_at', sa.Date(), nullable=False),
         sa.Column('service_id', postgresql.UUID(as_uuid=True), nullable=False),
         sa.Column('notification_id', postgresql.UUID(as_uuid=True), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column('created_at', sa.DateTime(), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column('updated_at', sa.DateTime(), nullable=True),
         sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['service_id'], ['services.id'], ),
         sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id'),
         sa.UniqueConstraint('notification_id')
diff --git a/tests/app/dao/test_returned_letters_dao.py b/tests/app/dao/test_returned_letters_dao.py
index 9c33988a4..126197f1c 100644
--- a/tests/app/dao/test_returned_letters_dao.py
+++ b/tests/app/dao/test_returned_letters_dao.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, date
 
 from freezegun import freeze_time
 
@@ -37,16 +37,19 @@ def test_insert_or_update_returned_letters_updates(sample_letter_template):
         returned_letters = ReturnedLetter.query.all()
         assert len(returned_letters) == 2
         for x in returned_letters:
-            assert x.reported_at == datetime(2019, 12, 9, 13, 30)
+            assert x.reported_at == date(2019, 12, 9)
+            assert x.created_at == datetime(2019, 12, 9, 13, 30)
+            assert not x.updated_at
             assert x.notification_id in [notification.id, history.id]
 
     with freeze_time('2019-12-10 14:20'):
         insert_or_update_returned_letters(['ref1', 'ref2'])
-
         returned_letters = ReturnedLetter.query.all()
         assert len(returned_letters) == 2
         for x in returned_letters:
-            assert x.reported_at == datetime(2019, 12, 10, 14, 20)
+            assert x.reported_at == date(2019, 12, 10)
+            assert x.created_at == datetime(2019, 12, 9, 13, 30)
+            assert x.updated_at == datetime(2019, 12, 10, 14, 20)
             assert x.notification_id in [notification.id, history.id]
 
 
@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@ def test_get_returned_letter_summary(sample_service):
     assert len(results) == 1
 
     assert results[0].returned_letter_count == 2
-    assert results[0].reported_at == now
+    assert results[0].reported_at == now.date()
 
 
 def test_get_returned_letter_summary_orders_by_reported_at(sample_service):
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ def test_get_returned_letter_summary_orders_by_reported_at(sample_service):
     results = get_returned_letter_summary(sample_service.id)
 
     assert len(results) == 2
-    assert results[0].reported_at == now
+    assert results[0].reported_at == now.date()
     assert results[0].returned_letter_count == 3
-    assert results[1].reported_at == last_month
+    assert results[1].reported_at == last_month.date()
     assert results[1].returned_letter_count == 2
diff --git a/tests/app/db.py b/tests/app/db.py
index e95f79b77..e940eab07 100644
--- a/tests/app/db.py
+++ b/tests/app/db.py
@@ -952,7 +952,8 @@ def create_returned_letter(service=None, reported_at=None):
     returned_letter = ReturnedLetter(
         service_id=service.id,
         reported_at=reported_at or datetime.utcnow(),
-        notification_id=notification.id
+        notification_id=notification.id,
+        created_at=datetime.utcnow(),
     )
 
     db.session.add(returned_letter)