diff --git a/system/BaseModel.php b/system/BaseModel.php
index 64d083fe4d2b..ad79f6f42ec6 100644
--- a/system/BaseModel.php
+++ b/system/BaseModel.php
@@ -1425,9 +1425,11 @@ protected function doProtectFieldsForInsert(array $row): array
      */
     protected function setDate(?int $userDate = null)
     {
-        $currentDate = $userDate ?? Time::now()->getTimestamp();
+        if ($userDate === null && $this->dateFormat === 'datetime') {
+            return $this->timeToDate(Time::now());
+        }
 
-        return $this->intToDate($currentDate);
+        return $this->intToDate($userDate ?? Time::now()->getTimestamp());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/system/Models/GeneralModelTest.php b/tests/system/Models/GeneralModelTest.php
index bd9f2d14109e..eb72f6aec5eb 100644
--- a/tests/system/Models/GeneralModelTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/Models/GeneralModelTest.php
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@
 
 use CodeIgniter\Database\BaseConnection;
 use CodeIgniter\Exceptions\BadMethodCallException;
+use CodeIgniter\I18n\Time;
 use CodeIgniter\Model;
 use CodeIgniter\Test\CIUnitTestCase;
+use CodeIgniter\Test\Mock\MockConnection;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Group;
 use Tests\Support\Models\JobModel;
 use Tests\Support\Models\UserModel;
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ protected function tearDown(): void
     {
         parent::tearDown();
         $this->resetServices();
+        Time::setTestNow();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -111,6 +115,28 @@ public function testSetAllowedFields(): void
         $this->assertSame($allowed2, $this->getPrivateProperty($model, 'allowedFields'));
     }
 
+    #[DataProvider('provideCurrentTimestampPreservesSubseconds')]
+    public function testCurrentTimestampPreservesSubseconds(string $format, string $expected): void
+    {
+        Time::setTestNow('2024-07-09 09:13:34.654321');
+
+        $db    = new MockConnection(['dateFormat' => ['datetime' => $format]]);
+        $model = $this->createModel(UserModel::class, $db);
+        $date  = self::getPrivateMethodInvoker($model, 'setDate');
+
+        $this->assertSame($expected, $date());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return iterable<string, array{string, string}>
+     */
+    public static function provideCurrentTimestampPreservesSubseconds(): iterable
+    {
+        yield 'milliseconds' => ['Y-m-d H:i:s.v', '2024-07-09 09:13:34.654'];
+
+        yield 'microseconds' => ['Y-m-d H:i:s.u', '2024-07-09 09:13:34.654321'];
+    }
+
     public function testBuilderUsesModelTable(): void
     {
         $builder = $this->createModel(UserModel::class)->builder();
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.7.5.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.7.5.rst
index 1f10e03cdf21..83e0bf47742a 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.7.5.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.7.5.rst
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Bugs Fixed
 **********
 
 - **Autoloader:** Fixed a bug where ``FileLocatorCached::deleteCache()`` left the deleted data in memory, so it could be written back to the cache file on shutdown. ``spark optimize`` and ``spark cache:clear`` now clear the shared locator's cache instead of a separate instance.
+- **BaseModel:** Fixed a bug where auto-generated ``created_at``/``updated_at`` timestamps always rendered ``.000000`` for a ``'datetime'`` ``$dateFormat`` whose connection ``dateFormat`` mask includes ``.v``/``.u``, instead of the real sub-second value.
 - **CLI:** Fixed a bug where pressing backspace in a ``CLI::prompt()`` erased the prompt text when the ``readline`` extension is enabled. The prompt is now passed to ``readline()`` so line redraws repaint it.
   ANSI color codes in the prompt (e.g., option defaults) are wrapped in readline's non-printing markers under GNU readline so cursor positioning stays accurate.
   On Windows, where the ``readline`` extension is built on WinEditLine, the prompt is written to STDOUT first because WinEditLine reports no library version and prints ANSI sequences literally.