diff --git a/src/catalog/src/system.rs b/src/catalog/src/system.rs
index b9fc5d25de..fb2a1eb677 100644
--- a/src/catalog/src/system.rs
+++ b/src/catalog/src/system.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use common_query::logical_plan::Expr;
 use common_recordbatch::SendableRecordBatchStream;
 use common_telemetry::debug;
+use common_time::util;
 use datatypes::prelude::{ConcreteDataType, ScalarVector};
 use datatypes::schema::{ColumnSchema, Schema, SchemaRef};
 use datatypes::vectors::{BinaryVector, Int64Vector, UInt8Vector};
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ pub fn build_table_insert_request(full_table_name: String, table_id: TableId) ->
     let mut columns_values = HashMap::with_capacity(6);
     columns_values.insert(
         "entry_type".to_string(),
-        Arc::new(UInt8Vector::from_vec(vec![EntryType::Table as u8])) as _,
+        Arc::new(UInt8Vector::from_slice(&[EntryType::Table as u8])) as _,
     );
 
     columns_values.insert(
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ pub fn build_table_insert_request(full_table_name: String, table_id: TableId) ->
     // Timestamp in key part is intentionally left to 0
     columns_values.insert(
         "timestamp".to_string(),
-        Arc::new(Int64Vector::from_vec(vec![0])) as _,
+        Arc::new(Int64Vector::from_slice(&[0])) as _,
     );
 
     columns_values.insert(
@@ -177,12 +178,12 @@ pub fn build_table_insert_request(full_table_name: String, table_id: TableId) ->
 
     columns_values.insert(
         "gmt_created".to_string(),
-        Arc::new(Int64Vector::from_vec(vec![0])) as _,
+        Arc::new(Int64Vector::from_slice(&[util::current_time_millis()])) as _,
     );
 
     columns_values.insert(
         "gmt_modified".to_string(),
-        Arc::new(Int64Vector::from_vec(vec![0])) as _,
+        Arc::new(Int64Vector::from_slice(&[util::current_time_millis()])) as _,
     );
 
     InsertRequest {
diff --git a/src/common/time/Cargo.toml b/src/common/time/Cargo.toml
index 52a85c20f3..778f857eb7 100644
--- a/src/common/time/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/common/time/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-chrono = "0.4"
\ No newline at end of file
+chrono = "0.4"
diff --git a/src/common/time/src/util.rs b/src/common/time/src/util.rs
index c42e169a3c..e0ec824818 100644
--- a/src/common/time/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/common/time/src/util.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,31 @@
-/// Calculates the time duration since UNIX_EPOCH in milliseconds.
-pub fn current_timestamp() -> i64 {
-    chrono::Utc::now().timestamp()
+/// Returns the time duration since UNIX_EPOCH in milliseconds.
+pub fn current_time_millis() -> i64 {
+    chrono::Utc::now().timestamp_millis()
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::time::{self, SystemTime};
+
+    use chrono::{Datelike, TimeZone, Timelike};
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_current_time_millis() {
+        let now = current_time_millis();
+
+        let millis_from_std = SystemTime::now()
+            .duration_since(time::UNIX_EPOCH)
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_millis() as i64;
+        let datetime_now = chrono::Utc.timestamp_millis(now);
+        let datetime_std = chrono::Utc.timestamp_millis(millis_from_std);
+
+        assert_eq!(datetime_std.year(), datetime_now.year());
+        assert_eq!(datetime_std.month(), datetime_now.month());
+        assert_eq!(datetime_std.day(), datetime_now.day());
+        assert_eq!(datetime_std.hour(), datetime_now.hour());
+        assert_eq!(datetime_std.minute(), datetime_now.minute());
+    }
 }