diff --git a/lib/storage/local/local-storage.js b/lib/storage/local/local-storage.js
index ff37db17e..f7ce5fda1 100644
--- a/lib/storage/local/local-storage.js
+++ b/lib/storage/local/local-storage.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const generatePackageTemplate = function(name) {
     'name': name,
     'versions': {},
     'dist-tags': {},
+    'time': {},
 
     // our own object
     '_distfiles': {},
@@ -263,6 +264,12 @@ class LocalStorage {
                                   + ' != ' + metadata.dist.shasum) );
             }
           }
+          let currentDate = new Date().toISOString();
+          data.time['modified'] = currentDate;
+          if (('created' in data.time) === false) {
+            data.time.created = currentDate;
+          }
+          data.time[version] = currentDate;
           data._attachments[tarball].version = version;
         }
       }
@@ -703,7 +710,7 @@ class LocalStorage {
      * @param {Object} pkg package reference.
      */
     _normalizePackage(pkg) {
-      ['versions', 'dist-tags', '_distfiles', '_attachments', '_uplinks'].forEach(function(key) {
+      ['versions', 'dist-tags', '_distfiles', '_attachments', '_uplinks', 'time'].forEach(function(key) {
         if (!Utils.is_object(pkg[key])) {
           pkg[key] = {};
         }