diff --git a/glue_solar/__init__.py b/glue_solar/__init__.py
index 7998d0e..23088bd 100644
--- a/glue_solar/__init__.py
+++ b/glue_solar/__init__.py
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
 
 def setup():
     ImageViewer.tools.append('solar:pixel_extraction')
+    ImageViewer.tools.append('timestamp_button')
     for name, ctable in sorted(cmlist.items()):
         colormaps.add(ctable.name, ctable)
diff --git a/glue_solar/instruments/__init__.py b/glue_solar/instruments/__init__.py
index 7deae2d..01a556e 100644
--- a/glue_solar/instruments/__init__.py
+++ b/glue_solar/instruments/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 from .iris import *
+from .timestamp_button import *
diff --git a/glue_solar/instruments/iris.py b/glue_solar/instruments/iris.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49dcf47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glue_solar/instruments/iris.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+"""
+A reader for IRIS data.
+"""
+from glue.config import qglue_parser, data_factory
+from glue.core import Data, Component
+from glue.core.coordinates import WCSCoordinates
+from irispy.spectrograph import (IRISSpectrograph,
+                                 read_iris_spectrograph_level2_fits)
+
+
+@qglue_parser(IRISSpectrograph)
+def _parse_iris_raster(data, label):
+    result = []
+    for window, window_data in data.data.items():
+        for i, scan_data in enumerate(window_data):
+            w_data = Data(label=f"{window.replace(' ', '_')}-scan-{i}")
+            w_data.coords = WCSCoordinates(wcs=scan_data.wcs)
+            w_data.add_component(Component(scan_data.data),
+                                 f"{window}-scan-{i}")
+            w_data.meta = scan_data.meta
+            result.append(w_data)
+    return result
+                          
+def is_fits(filename, **kwargs):
+    return filename.endswith('.fits')
+
+@data_factory('IRIS Spectrograph', is_fits)
+def read_iris_raster(raster_file):
+    raster_data = _parse_iris_raster(read_iris_spectrograph_level2_fits(raster_file), 'iris')
+    return raster_data
diff --git a/glue_solar/instruments/timestamp_button.py b/glue_solar/instruments/timestamp_button.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05542c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glue_solar/instruments/timestamp_button.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+from glue.config import viewer_tool
+from glue.viewers.common.tool import CheckableTool
+import datetime
+
+@viewer_tool
+class TimestampButton(CheckableTool):
+
+    icon = 'app_icon'
+    tool_id = 'timestamp_button'
+    action_text = ''
+    tool_tip = 'Activate Timestamp'
+    status_tip = 'Timestamp Active'
+    shortcut = ''
+
+    def __init__(self, viewer):
+        super(TimestampButton, self).__init__(viewer)
+        self.activate()
+
+    def activate(self):
+        self.viewer.state.add_callback('slices', self.update_label)
+
+    def deactivate(self):
+        pass
+
+    def update_label(self, slices):
+        data = self.viewer.state.reference_data
+        meta = data.meta
+        base_time = meta.get("DATE-OBS", meta.get("DATE_OBS", None))
+
+        world = data.coords.pixel2world(*slices[::-1])
+
+        if isinstance(base_time, str):
+            timestamp = datetime.datetime.strptime(base_time, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f')
+        elif isinstance(base_time, datetime.datetime):
+            timestamp = base_time
+        else:
+            return
+
+        if 'CUNIT3' in meta.keys():
+            if data.meta['CUNIT3'] == 'seconds':
+                timestamp = datetime.timedelta(0, float(world[2])) + timestamp
+
+        elif ('STARTOBS' in meta and 'ENDOBS' in meta):
+            date_obs = meta['STARTOBS']
+            obs_delt = meta['ENDOBS'] - date_obs
+            timestamp = timestamp + obs_delt*float(world[2])
+
+        self.viewer.set_status(timestamp.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f'))