diff --git a/pkg/pcic/chunk.go b/pkg/pcic/chunk.go
index d66ce7d..66740a9 100644
--- a/pkg/pcic/chunk.go
+++ b/pkg/pcic/chunk.go
@@ -144,6 +144,13 @@ func (c *Chunk) TimeStamp() time.Time {
 	return time.Unix(int64(c.timestampSec), int64(c.timestampNSec))
 }
 
+func (c *Chunk) SetTimestamp(value time.Time) {
+	c.timestampSec = uint32(value.Unix())
+	seconds := time.Unix(int64(c.timestampSec), 0)
+	c.timestampNSec = uint32(value.UnixNano() - seconds.UnixNano())
+	fmt.Printf("Seconds: %d Nanoseconds: %d\n", c.timestampSec, c.timestampNSec)
+}
+
 // Bytes return the data the current Chunk is holding
 func (c *Chunk) Bytes() []byte {
 	return c.data
@@ -191,6 +198,14 @@ func (c *Chunk) MarshalBinary() (data []byte, err error) {
 		blob[offsetOfStatusCode:offsetOfTimeStampSec],
 		c.statusCode,
 	)
+	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(
+		blob[offsetOfTimeStampSec:offsetOfTimeStampNsec],
+		c.timestampSec,
+	)
+	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(
+		blob[offsetOfTimeStampNsec:offsetOfData],
+		c.timestampNSec,
+	)
 
 	return blob, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/pcic/chunk_test.go b/pkg/pcic/chunk_test.go
index ac04521..11a1143 100644
--- a/pkg/pcic/chunk_test.go
+++ b/pkg/pcic/chunk_test.go
@@ -417,3 +417,31 @@ func TestFrameStatus(t *testing.T) {
 		"The status of the original and the clone do not match",
 	)
 }
+
+func TestChunkTimeStamp(t *testing.T) {
+	now := time.Now()
+	chunk := pcic.NewChunk()
+	chunk.SetTimestamp(now)
+	assert.Equal(
+		t,
+		now.UnixNano(),
+		chunk.TimeStamp().UnixNano(),
+		"No error expected when setting the time stamp",
+	)
+	clone := pcic.NewChunk()
+	data, err := chunk.MarshalBinary()
+	assert.NoError(t,
+		err,
+		"No error expected when creating a binary clone",
+	)
+	assert.NoError(t,
+		clone.UnmarshalBinary(data),
+		"No error expected when creating a clone from the bytes",
+	)
+	assert.Equal(
+		t,
+		chunk.TimeStamp(),
+		clone.TimeStamp(),
+		"The status of the original and the clone do not match",
+	)
+}