# Get server timestamp HiveMQ CLOUD **URL:** \ **Category:** HiveMQ Cloud\ **Created:** [June 12, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/get-server-timestamp-hivemq-cloud/2144 "2023-06-12T14:09:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![AaronTLFranz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.hivemq.com/aarontlfranz/32/638_2.png) [@AaronTLFranz](https://community.hivemq.com/u/AaronTLFranz)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/get-server-timestamp-hivemq-cloud/2144/4 "2023-06-13T18:38:06Z")
Hello @ktpn , Thank you for the follow-up and additional details! One point to clarify - the HiveMQ Broker does not append timestamps to messages when submitting a message from the HiveMQ Broker to a subscribing client. That said, the Paho client library does generate a timestamp, though this is done outside of the broker. If using MQTT5, one way to implement a timestamp that would be traceable through the entire pipeline (i.e. from publish, to the broker, and then to subscribing client) would be to submit the timestamp of the publish with a custom user property. More info on that can be found [here.](https://www.hivemq.com/blog/mqtt5-essentials-part6-user-properties/) Additionally, another user had a similar questions here on the community forum, and there may be further insights in the aforementioned thread, linked [here.](https://community.hivemq.com/t/time-stamp-of-publish/608) Best, Aaron from the HiveMQ Team --- _[View the full topic](https://community.hivemq.com/t/get-server-timestamp-hivemq-cloud/2144)._