diff --git a/src/main/java/com/splunk/logging/HttpEventCollectorEventInfo.java b/src/main/java/com/splunk/logging/HttpEventCollectorEventInfo.java
index b78a53a9..7fd9f977 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/splunk/logging/HttpEventCollectorEventInfo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/splunk/logging/HttpEventCollectorEventInfo.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public class HttpEventCollectorEventInfo {
 
     /**
      * Create a new HttpEventCollectorEventInfo container
+     * @param timeMsSinceEpoch in milliseconds since "unix epoch"
      * @param severity of event
      * @param message is an event content
      * @param logger_name name of the logger
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ public class HttpEventCollectorEventInfo {
      * @param marker event marker
      */
     public HttpEventCollectorEventInfo(
+    		final long timeMsSinceEpoch,
             final String severity,
             final String message,
             final String logger_name,
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ public HttpEventCollectorEventInfo(
             final String exception_message,
             final Serializable marker
     ) {
-        this.time = System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000.0;
+        this.time = timeMsSinceEpoch / 1000.0;
         this.severity = severity;
         this.message = message;
         this.logger_name = logger_name;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/splunk/logging/HttpEventCollectorLog4jAppender.java b/src/main/java/com/splunk/logging/HttpEventCollectorLog4jAppender.java
index dca76120..71881fdc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/splunk/logging/HttpEventCollectorLog4jAppender.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/splunk/logging/HttpEventCollectorLog4jAppender.java
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ public void append(final LogEvent event)
     {
         // if an exception was thrown
         this.sender.send(
+        		event.getTimeMillis(),
                 event.getLevel().toString(),
                 getLayout().toSerializable(event).toString(),
                 includeLoggerName ? event.getLoggerName() : null,
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/splunk/logging/HttpEventCollectorLogbackAppender.java b/src/main/java/com/splunk/logging/HttpEventCollectorLogbackAppender.java
index fe786299..1a90a919 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/splunk/logging/HttpEventCollectorLogbackAppender.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/splunk/logging/HttpEventCollectorLogbackAppender.java
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ private void sendEvent(ILoggingEvent event) {
         MarkerConverter c = new MarkerConverter();
         if (this.started) {
             this.sender.send(
+            		event.getTimeStamp(),
                     event.getLevel().toString(),
                     _layout.doLayout((E) event),
                     _includeLoggerName ? event.getLoggerName() : null,
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/splunk/logging/HttpEventCollectorLoggingHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/splunk/logging/HttpEventCollectorLoggingHandler.java
index 34826ded..c2e85b16 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/splunk/logging/HttpEventCollectorLoggingHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/splunk/logging/HttpEventCollectorLoggingHandler.java
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ public HttpEventCollectorLoggingHandler() {
     @Override
     public void publish(LogRecord record) {
         this.sender.send(
+        		record.getMillis(),
                 record.getLevel().toString(),
                 record.getMessage(),
                 includeLoggerName ? record.getLoggerName() : null,
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/splunk/logging/HttpEventCollectorSender.java b/src/main/java/com/splunk/logging/HttpEventCollectorSender.java
index 36fbcbd9..960640f5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/splunk/logging/HttpEventCollectorSender.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/splunk/logging/HttpEventCollectorSender.java
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ public void addMiddleware(HttpEventCollectorMiddleware.HttpSenderMiddleware midd
      * @param message event text
      */
     public synchronized void send(
+    		final long timeMsSinceEpoch,
             final String severity,
             final String message,
             final String logger_name,
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ public synchronized void send(
     ) {
         // create event info container and add it to the batch
         HttpEventCollectorEventInfo eventInfo =
-                new HttpEventCollectorEventInfo(severity, message, logger_name, thread_name, properties, exception_message, marker);
+                new HttpEventCollectorEventInfo(timeMsSinceEpoch, severity, message, logger_name, thread_name, properties, exception_message, marker);
         eventsBatch.add(eventInfo);
         eventsBatchSize += severity.length() + message.length();
         if (eventsBatch.size() >= maxEventsBatchCount || eventsBatchSize > maxEventsBatchSize) {
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ public synchronized void send(
      * @param message event text
      */
     public synchronized void send(final String message) {
-        send("", message, "", "", null, null, "");
+        send(System.currentTimeMillis(), "", message, "", "", null, null, "");
     }
 
     /**