node mysql is it possible to get timestamp of newly created row

Question

I have the following node function to INSERT a row into my mysql rds:

var sql = "INSERT INTO items SET item_id = ?, item_name = ?";
connection.query(sql, [event.itemId, event.itemName, function (error, results, fields) {

    console.log(results);
    connection.release();

    if (error) {
        context.done(error);
    } else {
        // continue...
    }
});

items also has a date_created column with default value being CURRENT_TIMESTAMP upon creation.

Is there anyway to get the value of date_created without doing another query? Not being that familiar with node/mysql I'm wondering if when a row is created the row values will be returned?

If not, then I have two choices, one is to do another query to get the date_created or just to add the date_created field myself when creating the row. Wondering what is the best practice in this case. Not sure if doing two queries will be costly.

EDIT #1

The results prints out as follows:

{
  "fieldCount": 0,
  "affectedRows": 1,
  "insertId": 0,
  "serverStatus": 2,
  "warningCount": 0,
  "message": "",
  "protocol41": true,
  "changedRows": 0
}