diff --git a/sea-orm-migration/Cargo.toml b/sea-orm-migration/Cargo.toml
index dc79aaf33..b3d9b2c48 100644
--- a/sea-orm-migration/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sea-orm-migration/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ sea-schema = { version = "0.17.0-rc", default-features = false, features = [
     "writer",
     "probe",
 ] }
+time = { version = "0.3.36", default-features = false, optional = true }
 tracing = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = ["log"] }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", default-features = false, features = [
     "env-filter",
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ with-chrono = ["sea-orm/with-chrono"]
 with-ipnetwork = ["sea-orm/with-ipnetwork"]
 with-json = ["sea-orm/with-json"]
 with-rust_decimal = ["sea-orm/with-rust_decimal"]
-with-time = ["sea-orm/with-time"]
+with-time = ["time", "sea-orm/with-time"]
 with-uuid = ["sea-orm/with-uuid"]
 
 [patch.crates-io]
diff --git a/sea-orm-migration/src/migrator.rs b/sea-orm-migration/src/migrator.rs
index 01879b55a..dd4ea1ad8 100644
--- a/sea-orm-migration/src/migrator.rs
+++ b/sea-orm-migration/src/migrator.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::fmt::Display;
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::pin::Pin;
+#[cfg(not(feature = "time"))]
 use std::time::SystemTime;
+#[cfg(feature = "time")]
+use time::OffsetDateTime;
 use tracing::info;
 
 use sea_orm::sea_query::{
@@ -468,12 +471,16 @@ async fn exec_up_with(
         info!("Applying migration '{}'", migration.name());
         migration.up(manager).await?;
         info!("Migration '{}' has been applied", migration.name());
-        let now = SystemTime::now()
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "time"))]
+        let applied_at = SystemTime::now()
             .duration_since(SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH)
-            .expect("SystemTime before UNIX EPOCH!");
+            .expect("SystemTime before UNIX EPOCH!")
+            .as_secs() as i64;
+        #[cfg(feature = "time")]
+        let applied_at = OffsetDateTime::now_utc().unix_timestamp();
         seaql_migrations::Entity::insert(seaql_migrations::ActiveModel {
             version: ActiveValue::Set(migration.name().to_owned()),
-            applied_at: ActiveValue::Set(now.as_secs() as i64),
+            applied_at: ActiveValue::Set(applied_at),
         })
         .table_name(migration_table_name.clone())
         .exec(db)