diff --git a/migrations/2025-09-23-083540-0000_create_comments/up.sql b/migrations/2025-09-23-083540-0000_create_comments/up.sql
index d324707..a05bf6e 100644
--- a/migrations/2025-09-23-083540-0000_create_comments/up.sql
+++ b/migrations/2025-09-23-083540-0000_create_comments/up.sql
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 CREATE TABLE comments (
     id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
     author TEXT NOT NULL,
-    content TEXT NOT NULL
+    content TEXT NOT NULL,
+    date_posted BigInt NOT NULL
 );
diff --git a/src/comments.rs b/src/comments.rs
index f4005fe..849bd5d 100644
--- a/src/comments.rs
+++ b/src/comments.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::time::SystemTime;
+
 use crate::models::{Comment, CreateCommentRequest, NewComment};
 use axum::Json;
 use diesel::prelude::*;
@@ -23,7 +25,16 @@ pub fn create_comment(
 ) -> Result<Comment, diesel::result::Error> {
     use crate::schema::comments;
 
-    let new_comment = NewComment { author, content };
+    let date_posted: i64 = match SystemTime::now().duration_since(SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH) {
+        Ok(n) => n.as_secs().try_into().unwrap(),
+        Err(_) => 0,
+    };
+
+    let new_comment = NewComment {
+        author,
+        content,
+        date_posted,
+    };
 
     diesel::insert_into(comments::table)
         .values(&new_comment)
diff --git a/src/models.rs b/src/models.rs
index 53f653a..736cf0b 100644
--- a/src/models.rs
+++ b/src/models.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ pub struct Comment {
     pub id: i32,
     pub author: String,
     pub content: String,
+    pub date_posted: i64,
 }
 
 #[derive(Insertable, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ pub struct Comment {
 pub struct NewComment<'a> {
     pub author: &'a str,
     pub content: &'a str,
+    pub date_posted: i64,
 }
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
diff --git a/src/schema.rs b/src/schema.rs
index d4a79a6..0d9389f 100644
--- a/src/schema.rs
+++ b/src/schema.rs
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ diesel::table! {
         id -> Integer,
         author -> Text,
         content -> Text,
+        date_posted -> BigInt,
     }
 }