diff --git a/twint/tweet.py b/twint/tweet.py
index c7adaa4d..b3806c30 100644
--- a/twint/tweet.py
+++ b/twint/tweet.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ def Tweet(tw, config):
     # parsing date to user-friendly format
     _dt = tw['created_at']
     _dt = datetime.strptime(_dt, '%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %z %Y')
+    t.timestamp_epoch = datetime.timestamp(_dt)
     _dt = utc_to_local(_dt)
     t.datetime = str(_dt.strftime(Tweet_formats['datetime']))
     # date is of the format year,