diff --git a/Sources/AWSLambdaRuntime/LambdaClock.swift b/Sources/AWSLambdaRuntime/LambdaClock.swift
index 6f3df393..53b641cc 100644
--- a/Sources/AWSLambdaRuntime/LambdaClock.swift
+++ b/Sources/AWSLambdaRuntime/LambdaClock.swift
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public struct LambdaClock: Clock {
     /// ## Thread Safety
     ///
     /// `Instant` is a value type and is inherently thread-safe.
-    public struct Instant: InstantProtocol {
+    public struct Instant: InstantProtocol, CustomStringConvertible {
         /// The number of milliseconds since the Unix epoch.
         let instant: Int64
 
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ public struct LambdaClock: Clock {
         public init(millisecondsSinceEpoch milliseconds: Int64) {
             self.instant = milliseconds
         }
+
+        /// Renders an Instant as an EPOCH value
+        public var description: String {
+            "\(self.instant)"
+        }
     }
 
     /// The current instant according to this clock.
diff --git a/Tests/AWSLambdaRuntimeTests/LambdaClockTests.swift b/Tests/AWSLambdaRuntimeTests/LambdaClockTests.swift
index 413a3aa2..b1d6f974 100644
--- a/Tests/AWSLambdaRuntimeTests/LambdaClockTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/AWSLambdaRuntimeTests/LambdaClockTests.swift
@@ -136,4 +136,19 @@ struct LambdaClockTests {
             "LambdaClock and Foundation Date should be within 10ms of each other, difference was \(difference)ms"
         )
     }
+    @Test("Instant renders as string with an epoch number")
+    func instantRendersAsStringWithEpochNumber() {
+        let clock = LambdaClock()
+        let instant = clock.now
+
+        let expectedString = "\(instant)"
+        #expect(expectedString.allSatisfy { $0.isNumber }, "String should only contain numbers")
+
+        if let expectedNumber = Int64(expectedString) {
+            let newInstant = LambdaClock.Instant(millisecondsSinceEpoch: expectedNumber)
+            #expect(instant == newInstant, "Instant should match the expected number")
+        } else {
+            Issue.record("expectedString is not a number")
+        }
+    }
 }