diff --git a/includes/remote_entity.property.inc b/includes/remote_entity.property.inc
index bc1945f..5071b01 100644
--- a/includes/remote_entity.property.inc
+++ b/includes/remote_entity.property.inc
@@ -24,32 +24,38 @@ class RemoteEntityAPIDefaultMetadataController extends EntityDefaultMetadataCont
       $properties['created']['type'] = 'date';
       $properties['created']['label'] = t("Created date");
       $properties['created']['description'] = t("The date the entity was created.");
+      $properties['created']['setter callback'] = 'entity_property_verbatim_set';
     }
     if (isset($properties['changed'])) {
       $properties['changed']['type'] = 'date';
       $properties['changed']['label'] = t("Changed date");
       $properties['changed']['description'] = t("The date the entity was last changed.");
+      $properties['changed']['setter callback'] = 'entity_property_verbatim_set';
     }
     if (isset($properties['remote_saved'])) {
       $properties['remote_saved']['type'] = 'date';
       $properties['remote_saved']['label'] = t("Remote save date");
       $properties['remote_saved']['description'] = t("The date the entity was last saved remotely.");
+      $properties['remote_saved']['setter callback'] = 'entity_property_verbatim_set';
     }
     if (isset($properties['expires'])) {
       $properties['expires']['type'] = 'date';
       $properties['expires']['label'] = t("Expiry date");
       $properties['expires']['description'] = t("The date the local copy of the entity expires.");
+      $properties['expires']['setter callback'] = 'entity_property_verbatim_set';
     }
     if (isset($properties['needs_remote_save'])) {
       $properties['needs_remote_save']['type'] = 'integer';
       $properties['needs_remote_save']['label'] = t("Needs remote save");
       $properties['needs_remote_save']['description'] = t("Indicates whether the entity needs to be saved remotely.");
       $properties['needs_remote_save']['options list'] = 'remote_entity_entity_needs_remote_save_options_list';
+      $properties['needs_remote_save']['setter callback'] = 'entity_property_verbatim_set';
     }
     if (isset($properties['deleted'])) {
       $properties['deleted']['type'] = 'boolean';
       $properties['deleted']['label'] = t("Deleted");
       $properties['deleted']['description'] = t("Boolean indicating that the entity is marked for deletion.");
+      $properties['deleted']['setter callback'] = 'entity_property_verbatim_set';
     }
 
     // Get the property type map out of the connection for our remote entity