diff --git a/docs/en/writing-migrations.rst b/docs/en/writing-migrations.rst
index 8df520ec..a30b9cc9 100644
--- a/docs/en/writing-migrations.rst
+++ b/docs/en/writing-migrations.rst
@@ -287,6 +287,32 @@ appropriate for the integer size, so that ``smallinteger`` will give you
 ``smallserial``, ``integer`` gives ``serial``, and ``biginteger`` gives
 ``bigserial``.
 
+For ``date`` columns:
+
+======== ===========
+Option   Description
+======== ===========
+default  set default value (use with ``CURRENT_DATE``)
+======== ===========
+
+For ``time`` columns:
+
+======== ===========
+Option   Description
+======== ===========
+default  set default value (use with ``CURRENT_TIME``)
+timezone enable or disable the ``with time zone`` option *(only applies to Postgres)*
+======== ===========
+
+For ``datetime`` columns:
+
+======== ===========
+Option   Description
+======== ===========
+default  set default value (use with ``CURRENT_TIMESTAMP``)
+timezone enable or disable the ``with time zone`` option *(only applies to Postgres)*
+======== ===========
+
 For ``timestamp`` columns:
 
 ======== ===========
diff --git a/src/Db/Adapter/AbstractAdapter.php b/src/Db/Adapter/AbstractAdapter.php
index 7251ba31..e2e9c403 100644
--- a/src/Db/Adapter/AbstractAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Db/Adapter/AbstractAdapter.php
@@ -1114,19 +1114,30 @@ public function castToBool($value): mixed
      */
     protected function getDefaultValueDefinition(mixed $default, ?string $columnType = null): string
     {
-        $datetimeTypes = [
-            static::TYPE_DATETIME,
-            static::TYPE_TIMESTAMP,
-            static::TYPE_TIME,
-            static::TYPE_DATE,
+        // SQL functions mapped to their valid column types (ordered longest-first to avoid prefix conflicts)
+        $sqlFunctionTypes = [
+            'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP' => [static::TYPE_DATETIME, static::TYPE_TIMESTAMP, static::TYPE_TIME, static::TYPE_DATE],
+            'CURRENT_DATE' => [static::TYPE_DATE],
+            'CURRENT_TIME' => [static::TYPE_TIME],
         ];
 
         if ($default instanceof Literal) {
             $default = (string)$default;
-        } elseif (is_string($default) && stripos($default, 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP') === 0) {
-            // Only skip quoting CURRENT_TIMESTAMP for datetime-related column types.
-            // For other types (like string), it should be quoted as a literal string value.
-            if (!in_array($columnType, $datetimeTypes, true)) {
+        } elseif (is_string($default) && $columnType !== null) {
+            $matched = false;
+            foreach ($sqlFunctionTypes as $function => $validTypes) {
+                // Match function name at start, followed by end of string or opening parenthesis
+                $len = strlen($function);
+                if (
+                    stripos($default, $function) === 0 &&
+                    (strlen($default) === $len || $default[$len] === '(') &&
+                    in_array($columnType, $validTypes, true)
+                ) {
+                    $matched = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (!$matched) {
                 $default = $this->quoteString($default);
             }
         } elseif (is_string($default)) {
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Db/Adapter/AbstractAdapterTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Db/Adapter/AbstractAdapterTest.php
index 74cdc9f2..3f66fff3 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Db/Adapter/AbstractAdapterTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Db/Adapter/AbstractAdapterTest.php
@@ -161,6 +161,37 @@ public static function currentTimestampDefaultValueProvider(): array
                 ' DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(3)',
             ],
 
+            // CURRENT_DATE on date type should NOT be quoted
+            'CURRENT_DATE on date' => [
+                'CURRENT_DATE',
+                AbstractAdapter::TYPE_DATE,
+                ' DEFAULT CURRENT_DATE',
+            ],
+            // CURRENT_DATE on non-date types SHOULD be quoted
+            'CURRENT_DATE on datetime should be quoted' => [
+                'CURRENT_DATE',
+                AbstractAdapter::TYPE_DATETIME,
+                " DEFAULT 'CURRENT_DATE'",
+            ],
+            'CURRENT_DATE on string should be quoted' => [
+                'CURRENT_DATE',
+                AbstractAdapter::TYPE_STRING,
+                " DEFAULT 'CURRENT_DATE'",
+            ],
+
+            // CURRENT_TIME on time type should NOT be quoted
+            'CURRENT_TIME on time' => [
+                'CURRENT_TIME',
+                AbstractAdapter::TYPE_TIME,
+                ' DEFAULT CURRENT_TIME',
+            ],
+            // CURRENT_TIME on non-time types SHOULD be quoted
+            'CURRENT_TIME on datetime should be quoted' => [
+                'CURRENT_TIME',
+                AbstractAdapter::TYPE_DATETIME,
+                " DEFAULT 'CURRENT_TIME'",
+            ],
+
             // CURRENT_TIMESTAMP on non-datetime types SHOULD be quoted (bug #1891)
             'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP on string should be quoted' => [
                 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP',