diff --git a/Example/Sources/View Controllers/AdvancedExampleViewController.swift b/Example/Sources/View Controllers/AdvancedExampleViewController.swift
index 98081c1c..33db3654 100644
--- a/Example/Sources/View Controllers/AdvancedExampleViewController.swift	
+++ b/Example/Sources/View Controllers/AdvancedExampleViewController.swift	
@@ -279,6 +279,19 @@ final class AdvancedExampleViewController: ChatViewController {
         return nil
     }
 
+    override func messageTimestampLabelAttributedText(for message: MessageType, at indexPath: IndexPath) -> NSAttributedString? {
+          let sentDate = message.sentDate
+          let sentDateString = MessageKitDateFormatter.shared.string(from: sentDate)
+          let timeLabelFont: UIFont = .boldSystemFont(ofSize: 10)
+          let timeLabelColor: UIColor
+          if #available(iOS 13, *) {
+              timeLabelColor = .systemGray
+          } else {
+              timeLabelColor = .darkGray
+          }
+          return NSAttributedString(string: sentDateString, attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key.font: timeLabelFont, NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: timeLabelColor])
+      }
+
 }
 
 // MARK: - MessagesDisplayDelegate
diff --git a/Example/Sources/View Controllers/AutocompleteExampleViewController.swift b/Example/Sources/View Controllers/AutocompleteExampleViewController.swift
index f50090aa..47804300 100644
--- a/Example/Sources/View Controllers/AutocompleteExampleViewController.swift	
+++ b/Example/Sources/View Controllers/AutocompleteExampleViewController.swift	
@@ -187,6 +187,19 @@ final class AutocompleteExampleViewController: ChatViewController {
         return nil
     }
 
+    override func messageTimestampLabelAttributedText(for message: MessageType, at indexPath: IndexPath) -> NSAttributedString? {
+        let sentDate = message.sentDate
+        let sentDateString = MessageKitDateFormatter.shared.string(from: sentDate)
+        let timeLabelFont: UIFont = .boldSystemFont(ofSize: 10)
+        let timeLabelColor: UIColor
+        if #available(iOS 13, *) {
+            timeLabelColor = .systemGray
+        } else {
+            timeLabelColor = .darkGray
+        }
+        return NSAttributedString(string: sentDateString, attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key.font: timeLabelFont, NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: timeLabelColor])
+    }
+
     // Async autocomplete requires the manager to reload
     func inputBar(_ inputBar: InputBarAccessoryView, textViewTextDidChangeTo text: String) {
         guard autocompleteManager.currentSession != nil, autocompleteManager.currentSession?.prefix == "#" else { return }
diff --git a/Sources/Protocols/MessagesDataSource.swift b/Sources/Protocols/MessagesDataSource.swift
index 4b1e3746..0139f278 100644
--- a/Sources/Protocols/MessagesDataSource.swift
+++ b/Sources/Protocols/MessagesDataSource.swift
@@ -159,7 +159,20 @@ public extension MessagesDataSource {
     func messageBottomLabelAttributedText(for message: MessageType, at indexPath: IndexPath) -> NSAttributedString? {
         return nil
     }
-    
+
+    func messageTimestampLabelAttributedText(for message: MessageType, at indexPath: IndexPath) -> NSAttributedString? {
+        let sentDate = message.sentDate
+        let sentDateString = MessageKitDateFormatter.shared.string(from: sentDate)
+        let timeLabelFont: UIFont = .boldSystemFont(ofSize: 10)
+        let timeLabelColor: UIColor
+        if #available(iOS 13, *) {
+            timeLabelColor = .systemGray
+        } else {
+            timeLabelColor = .darkGray
+        }
+        return NSAttributedString(string: sentDateString, attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key.font: timeLabelFont, NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: timeLabelColor])
+    }
+
     func customCell(for message: MessageType, at indexPath: IndexPath, in messagesCollectionView: MessagesCollectionView) -> UICollectionViewCell {
         fatalError(MessageKitError.customDataUnresolvedCell)
     }