diff --git a/src/saluki/__init__.py b/src/saluki/__init__.py
index 442b0e6..65a9167 100644
--- a/src/saluki/__init__.py
+++ b/src/saluki/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 from typing import Tuple, List
-
+import datetime
 from confluent_kafka import Message
 from streaming_data_types import DESERIALISERS
 from streaming_data_types.exceptions import StreamingDataTypesException
@@ -38,4 +38,22 @@ def _deserialise_and_print_messages(msgs: List[Message], partition: int | None)
         if partition is not None and msg.partition() != partition:
             continue
         schema, deserialised = try_to_deserialise_message(msg.value())
-        logger.info(f"{msg.offset()}:({schema}) {deserialised}")
+        time = _parse_timestamp(msg)
+        logger.info(f"{msg.offset()} ({time}):({schema}) {deserialised}")
+
+
+def _parse_timestamp(msg: Message) -> str:
+    """
+    Parse a message timestamp.
+
+    See https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/clients/confluent-kafka-python/html/index.html#confluent_kafka.Message.timestamp
+    :param msg: the message to parse.
+    :return: either the string-formatted timestamp or "Unknown" if not able to parse.
+    """
+    timestamp_type, timestamp_ms_from_epoch = msg.timestamp()
+    if timestamp_type == 1:  # TIMESTAMP_CREATE_TIME
+                return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp_ms_from_epoch / 1000).strftime(
+            '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f')
+    else:
+        # TIMESTAMP_NOT_AVAILABLE or TIMESTAMP_LOG_APPEND_TIME
+        return "Unknown"