diff --git a/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/__init__.py b/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/__init__.py
index 095d1da..2fd82c9 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/__init__.py
+++ b/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/__init__.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ NUMBER    = DBAPISet(FIELD_TYPE.DECIMAL, FIELD_TYPE.DOUBLE, FIELD_TYPE.FLOAT,
 DATE      = DBAPISet(FIELD_TYPE.DATE, FIELD_TYPE.NEWDATE)
 TIME      = DBAPISet(FIELD_TYPE.TIME)
 TIMESTAMP = DBAPISet(FIELD_TYPE.TIMESTAMP, FIELD_TYPE.DATETIME)
+DATETIME  = TIMESTAMP
 ROWID     = DBAPISet()
 
 def Binary(x): return str(x)