diff --git a/app_dart/lib/src/service/commit_service.dart b/app_dart/lib/src/service/commit_service.dart
index 2a624be2a..11b1c0869 100644
--- a/app_dart/lib/src/service/commit_service.dart
+++ b/app_dart/lib/src/service/commit_service.dart
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class CommitService {
     final Key<String> key = datastore.db.emptyKey.append<String>(Commit, id: id);
     return Commit(
       key: key,
-      timestamp: commit.author?.createdAt?.millisecondsSinceEpoch,
+      timestamp: DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch,
       repository: slug.fullName,
       sha: commit.sha,
       author: commit.author?.login,
diff --git a/app_dart/test/service/commit_service_test.dart b/app_dart/test/service/commit_service_test.dart
index 2026b2b20..63bed6c29 100644
--- a/app_dart/test/service/commit_service_test.dart
+++ b/app_dart/test/service/commit_service_test.dart
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ void main() {
           RepositoryCommit(
             sha: sha,
             author: User(
-              createdAt: DateTime.parse(dateTimeAsString),
               login: username,
               avatarUrl: avatarUrl,
             ),
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ void main() {
       expect(commit.repository, "$owner/$repository");
       expect(commit.message, message);
       expect(commit.key.id, "$owner/$repository/$branch/$sha");
-      expect(commit.timestamp, DateTime.parse(dateTimeAsString).millisecondsSinceEpoch);
       expect(commit.sha, sha);
       expect(commit.author, username);
       expect(commit.authorAvatarUrl, avatarUrl);