[dartho]

Do you mean to say you want the default closing date of a bookie event to be the same day you create the event? Edit the vbookie.php file and find the line which says:

$tomorrow = getdate((TIMENOW+(3600*24)) - $vbulletin->options['hourdiff']);

the "(3600*24)" bit is how many seconds in the future you want the default close date to be - change this to be what you want

As for when a bet was placed, there is a vbookie_bets_place table in your database where all bets are stored. This table also has the date/time of the bet placement