diff --git a/opentelemetry-appender-tracing/src/layer.rs b/opentelemetry-appender-tracing/src/layer.rs
index fbbf8e4d97..317694e53e 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-appender-tracing/src/layer.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-appender-tracing/src/layer.rs
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ where
         log_record.set_event_name(meta.name());
         log_record.set_severity_number(severity_of_level(meta.level()));
         log_record.set_severity_text(meta.level().as_str());
+        log_record.set_timestamp(std::time::SystemTime::now());
+        log_record.set_observed_timestamp(std::time::SystemTime::now());
         let mut visitor = EventVisitor::new(&mut log_record);
         #[cfg(feature = "experimental_metadata_attributes")]
         visitor.visit_experimental_metadata(meta);