diff --git a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
index 76977e7..156734d 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ cJSON* AlprImpl::createJsonObj(const AlprResult* result)
   root=cJSON_CreateObject();	
   
   cJSON_AddStringToObject(root,"plate",		result->bestPlate.characters.c_str());
+  cJSON_AddNumberToObject(root,"epoch_time",		getEpochTime()  );
   cJSON_AddNumberToObject(root,"confidence",		result->bestPlate.overall_confidence);
   cJSON_AddNumberToObject(root,"matches_template",	result->bestPlate.matches_template);
   
diff --git a/src/openalpr/support/timing.cpp b/src/openalpr/support/timing.cpp
index 4cc7442..a633aef 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/support/timing.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/support/timing.cpp
@@ -139,3 +139,9 @@ timespec diff(timespec start, timespec end)
 }
 
 #endif
+
+
+int getEpochTime()
+{
+    return std::time(0);
+}
diff --git a/src/openalpr/support/timing.h b/src/openalpr/support/timing.h
index 7eb506a..b48e14d 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/support/timing.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/support/timing.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define TIMING_H
 
 #include <iostream>
+#include <ctime>
 
 // Support for OS X
 #ifdef __MACH__
@@ -19,4 +20,6 @@
 void getTime(timespec* time);
 double diffclock(timespec time1,timespec time2);
 
+int getEpochTime();
+
 #endif