diff --git a/include/bitcoin/database/impl/query/validate.ipp b/include/bitcoin/database/impl/query/validate.ipp
index e62b6b18..d2b41f78 100644
--- a/include/bitcoin/database/impl/query/validate.ipp
+++ b/include/bitcoin/database/impl/query/validate.ipp
@@ -204,6 +204,18 @@ code CLASS::get_tx_state(uint64_t& fee, size_t& sigops, const tx_link& link,
 // Values.
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+TEMPLATE
+uint32_t CLASS::get_top_timestamp(bool confirmed) const NOEXCEPT
+{
+    const auto top = confirmed ? to_confirmed(get_top_confirmed()) :
+        to_candidate(get_top_candidate());
+
+    // returns zero if read fails.
+    uint32_t timestamp{};
+    /* bool */ get_timestamp(timestamp, top);
+    return timestamp;
+}
+
 TEMPLATE
 bool CLASS::get_timestamp(uint32_t& timestamp,
     const header_link& link) const NOEXCEPT
diff --git a/include/bitcoin/database/query.hpp b/include/bitcoin/database/query.hpp
index ce52b593..c8eee53b 100644
--- a/include/bitcoin/database/query.hpp
+++ b/include/bitcoin/database/query.hpp
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ class query
 
     /// Values.
     // get_context(chain::context) sets only flags, median_time_past, height.
+    uint32_t get_top_timestamp(bool confirmed) const NOEXCEPT;
     bool get_timestamp(uint32_t& timestamp, const header_link& link) const NOEXCEPT;
     bool get_version(uint32_t& version, const header_link& link) const NOEXCEPT;
     bool get_work(uint256_t& work, const header_link& link) const NOEXCEPT;
diff --git a/test/query/validate.cpp b/test/query/validate.cpp
index e927bc2a..45eb373e 100644
--- a/test/query/validate.cpp
+++ b/test/query/validate.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,31 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(query_validate_tests, query_validate_setup_fixture)
 // nop event handler.
 const auto events_handler = [](auto, auto) {};
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(query_validate__get_top_timestamp__always__expected)
+{
+    settings settings{};
+    settings.path = TEST_DIRECTORY;
+    test::chunk_store store{ settings };
+    test::query_accessor query{ store };
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(store.create(events_handler), error::success);
+    BOOST_REQUIRE(query.initialize(test::genesis));
+    BOOST_REQUIRE(query.set(test::block1, context{}, false, false));
+    BOOST_REQUIRE(query.set(test::block2, context{}, false, false));
+    BOOST_REQUIRE(query.set(test::block3, context{}, false, false));
+    BOOST_REQUIRE(query.push_candidate(1));
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(query.get_top_timestamp(true), 0x495fab29_u32);
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(query.get_top_timestamp(false), 0x4966bc61_u32);
+    BOOST_REQUIRE(query.push_candidate(2));
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(query.get_top_timestamp(true), 0x495fab29_u32);
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(query.get_top_timestamp(false), 0x4966bcb0_u32);
+    BOOST_REQUIRE(query.push_confirmed(1, false));
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(query.get_top_timestamp(true), 0x4966bc61_u32);
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(query.get_top_timestamp(false), 0x4966bcb0_u32);
+    BOOST_REQUIRE(query.push_confirmed(2, false));
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(query.get_top_timestamp(true), 0x4966bcb0_u32);
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(query.get_top_timestamp(false), 0x4966bcb0_u32);
+}
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(query_validate__get_timestamp__genesis__expected)
 {
     settings settings{};