diff --git a/catalogue/ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps.cpp b/catalogue/ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e8da05414da561f87ed069a59ad57c816c595cdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/catalogue/ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "catalogue/ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps.hpp"
+
+namespace cta {
+namespace catalogue {
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// constructor
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps::ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps() :
+  archiveFileId(0),
+  size(0) {
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// operator==
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+bool ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps::operator==(const ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps &rhs) const {
+  return
+    archiveFileId == rhs.archiveFileId &&
+    diskInstance == rhs.diskInstance &&
+    diskFileId == rhs.diskFileId &&
+    diskFileOwnerUid == rhs.diskFileOwnerUid &&
+    diskFileGid == rhs.diskFileGid &&
+    size == rhs.size &&
+    checksumBlob == rhs.checksumBlob &&
+    storageClassName == rhs.storageClassName;
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// operator<<
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &os, const ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps &obj) {
+  os <<
+  "{"
+  "archiveFileId=" << obj.archiveFileId <<
+  "diskInstance=" << obj.diskInstance <<
+  "diskFileId=" << obj.diskFileId <<
+  "diskFileOwnerUid=" << obj.diskFileOwnerUid <<
+  "diskFileGid=" << obj.diskFileGid <<
+  "size=" << obj.size <<
+  "checksumBlob=" << obj.checksumBlob <<
+  "storageClassName=" << obj.storageClassName <<
+  "}";
+  return os;
+}
+
+} // namespace catalogue
+} // namespace cta
diff --git a/catalogue/ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps.hpp b/catalogue/ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f14fc6d92679d337fafffbf61f644b1ca135b54f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/catalogue/ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "common/checksum/ChecksumBlob.hpp"
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace cta {
+namespace catalogue {
+
+/**
+ * A row in the ArchiveFile table without the timestamp columns, namely
+ * CREATION_TIME and RECONCILIATION_TIME.
+ */
+struct ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps {
+
+  /**
+   * Constructor.
+   *
+   * Sets the value of all integer member-variables to zero.
+   */
+  ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps();
+
+  /**
+   * Equality operator.
+   *
+   * @param ths The right hand side of the operator.
+   */
+  bool operator==(const ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps &rhs) const;
+
+  /**
+   * The unique identifier of the file being archived.
+   */
+  uint64_t archiveFileId;
+
+  /**
+   * The instance name of the source disk system.
+   */
+  std::string diskInstance;
+
+  /**
+   * The identifier of the source disk file which is unique within it's host
+   * disk system.  Two files from different disk systems may have the same
+   * identifier.  The combination of diskInstance and diskFileId must be
+   * globally unique, in other words unique within the CTA catalogue.
+   */
+  std::string diskFileId;
+
+  /**
+   * The user ID of the owner of the source disk file within its host disk system.
+   */
+  uint32_t diskFileOwnerUid;
+
+  /**
+   * The group ID of the source disk file within its host disk system.
+   */
+  uint32_t diskFileGid;
+
+  /**
+   * The uncompressed size of the tape file in bytes.
+   */
+  uint64_t size;
+  
+  /**
+   * Set of checksum types and values
+   */
+  checksum::ChecksumBlob checksumBlob;
+  
+  /**
+   * The name of the file's storage class.
+   */
+  std::string storageClassName;
+
+}; // struct ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps
+
+/**
+ * Output stream operator for an ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps object.
+ *
+ * This function writes a human readable form of the specified object to the
+ * specified output stream.
+ *
+ * @param os The output stream.
+ * @param obj The object.
+ */
+std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &os, const ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps &obj);
+
+} // namespace catalogue
+} // namespace cta
diff --git a/catalogue/CMakeLists.txt b/catalogue/CMakeLists.txt
index f4116cdad79dc73e6c2326b2254a886ec273c7ac..a29d311794946562ac2315c9d5d1fdf41f60cf33 100644
--- a/catalogue/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/catalogue/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wshadow")
 set (CATALOGUE_LIB_SRC_FILES
   ArchiveFileBuilder.cpp
   ArchiveFileRow.cpp
+  ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps.cpp
   Catalogue.cpp
   CatalogueFactory.cpp
   CatalogueFactoryFactory.cpp
diff --git a/catalogue/MysqlCatalogue.cpp b/catalogue/MysqlCatalogue.cpp
index a1ddbf7c3b084c304b3ce433749a3d80e17a291b..9ae34600e729f95ecade195adf7fa48e1c088527 100644
--- a/catalogue/MysqlCatalogue.cpp
+++ b/catalogue/MysqlCatalogue.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "catalogue/ArchiveFileRow.hpp"
+#include "catalogue/ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps.hpp"
 #include "catalogue/MysqlCatalogueSchema.hpp"
 #include "catalogue/MysqlCatalogue.hpp"
 #include "common/exception/Exception.hpp"
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ void MysqlCatalogue::fileWrittenToTape(rdbms::Conn &conn, const TapeFileWritten
     // Try to insert a row into the ARCHIVE_FILE table - it is normal this will
     // fail if another tape copy has already been written to tape
     try {
-      ArchiveFileRow row;
+      ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps row;
       row.archiveFileId = event.archiveFileId;
       row.diskFileId = event.diskFileId;
       row.diskInstance = event.diskInstance;
diff --git a/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.cpp b/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.cpp
index 257945f62136e4e742e5090bdf5afd0fa9c1f918..ce57a17688f3d1e0cef74a4fa5cf1d467d36eede 100644
--- a/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.cpp
+++ b/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "catalogue/ArchiveFileRow.hpp"
+#include "catalogue/ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps.hpp"
 #include "catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.hpp"
 #include "catalogue/RdbmsCatalogueGetArchiveFilesItor.hpp"
 #include "catalogue/RdbmsCatalogueGetArchiveFilesForRepackItor.hpp"
@@ -6448,7 +6449,7 @@ void RdbmsCatalogue::modifyDiskSystemSleepTime(const common::dataStructures::Sec
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // insertArchiveFile
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void RdbmsCatalogue::insertArchiveFile(rdbms::Conn &conn, const ArchiveFileRow &row) {
+void RdbmsCatalogue::insertArchiveFile(rdbms::Conn &conn, const ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps &row) {
   try {
     if(!storageClassExists(conn, row.storageClassName)) {
       throw exception::UserError(std::string("Storage class ") + row.diskInstance + ":" + row.storageClassName +
diff --git a/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.hpp b/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.hpp
index 7334c54c60c6cce4d3a87e260f044a60d12c8c7d..c07097a29181ea0a55727427d2dd4344eb34c4e8 100644
--- a/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.hpp
+++ b/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.hpp
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ namespace catalogue {
  */
 class ArchiveFileRow;
 
+/**
+ * Forward declaration.
+ */
+class ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps;
+
 /**
  * Forward declaration.
  */
@@ -1297,7 +1302,7 @@ protected:
    * @param conn The database connection.
    * @param row The row to be inserted.
    */
-  void insertArchiveFile(rdbms::Conn &conn, const ArchiveFileRow &row);
+  void insertArchiveFile(rdbms::Conn &conn, const ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps &row);
 
   /**
    * Creates the database schema.
diff --git a/catalogue/SqliteCatalogue.cpp b/catalogue/SqliteCatalogue.cpp
index db2d7c654c813e8556c0d52fd3f600ca3576150a..d5f2a12f369dc2ac9d0296ec1db2242fe47fa12a 100644
--- a/catalogue/SqliteCatalogue.cpp
+++ b/catalogue/SqliteCatalogue.cpp
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@
  */
 
 #include "catalogue/ArchiveFileRow.hpp"
+#include "catalogue/ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps.hpp"
 #include "catalogue/SqliteCatalogueSchema.hpp"
 #include "catalogue/SqliteCatalogue.hpp"
 #include "common/exception/Exception.hpp"
 #include "common/exception/UserError.hpp"
+#include "common/log/TimingList.hpp"
 #include "common/make_unique.hpp"
 #include "common/threading/MutexLocker.hpp"
 #include "common/Timer.hpp"
@@ -28,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "rdbms/AutoRollback.hpp"
 #include "rdbms/ConstraintError.hpp"
 #include "rdbms/PrimaryKeyError.hpp"
-#include "common/log/TimingList.hpp"
 
 namespace cta {
 namespace catalogue {
@@ -505,7 +506,7 @@ void SqliteCatalogue::fileWrittenToTape(rdbms::Conn &conn, const TapeFileWritten
     // Try to insert a row into the ARCHIVE_FILE table - it is normal this will
     // fail if another tape copy has already been written to tape
     try {
-      ArchiveFileRow row;
+      ArchiveFileRowWithoutTimestamps row;
       row.archiveFileId = event.archiveFileId;
       row.diskFileId = event.diskFileId;
       row.diskInstance = event.diskInstance;