diff --git a/taskflow/listeners/timing.py b/taskflow/listeners/timing.py
index a75717a7..bf9b5229 100644
--- a/taskflow/listeners/timing.py
+++ b/taskflow/listeners/timing.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import itertools
+import time
 
 from debtcollector import moves
 
@@ -117,3 +118,38 @@ class PrintingDurationListener(DurationListener):
 PrintingTimingListener = moves.moved_class(
     PrintingDurationListener, 'PrintingTimingListener', __name__,
     version="0.8", removal_version="?")
+
+
+class EventTimeListener(base.Listener):
+    """Writes task, flow, and retry event timestamps to atom metadata."""
+    def __init__(self, engine,
+                 task_listen_for=base.DEFAULT_LISTEN_FOR,
+                 flow_listen_for=base.DEFAULT_LISTEN_FOR,
+                 retry_listen_for=base.DEFAULT_LISTEN_FOR):
+        super(EventTimeListener, self).__init__(
+            engine, task_listen_for=task_listen_for,
+            flow_listen_for=flow_listen_for, retry_listen_for=retry_listen_for)
+
+    def _record_atom_event(self, state, atom_name):
+        meta_update = {'%s-timestamp' % state: time.time()}
+        try:
+            # Don't let storage failures throw exceptions in a listener method.
+            self._engine.storage.update_atom_metadata(atom_name, meta_update)
+        except exc.StorageFailure:
+            LOG.warn("Failure to store timestamp %s for atom %s",
+                     meta_update, atom_name, exc_info=True)
+
+    def _flow_receiver(self, state, details):
+        meta_update = {'%s-timestamp' % state: time.time()}
+        try:
+            # Don't let storage failures throw exceptions in a listener method.
+            self._engine.storage.update_flow_metadata(meta_update)
+        except exc.StorageFailure:
+            LOG.warn("Failure to store timestamp %s for flow %s",
+                     meta_update, details['flow_name'], exc_info=True)
+
+    def _task_receiver(self, state, details):
+        self._record_atom_event(state, details['task_name'])
+
+    def _retry_receiver(self, state, details):
+        self._record_atom_event(state, details['retry_name'])
diff --git a/taskflow/tests/unit/test_listeners.py b/taskflow/tests/unit/test_listeners.py
index d6c64bbd..db46b7fb 100644
--- a/taskflow/tests/unit/test_listeners.py
+++ b/taskflow/tests/unit/test_listeners.py
@@ -235,6 +235,29 @@ class TestTimingListener(test.TestCase, EngineMakerMixin):
                                             exc_info=True)
 
 
+class TestEventTimeListener(test.TestCase, EngineMakerMixin):
+    def test_event_time(self):
+        flow = lf.Flow('flow1').add(SleepyTask("task1", sleep_for=0.1))
+        engine = self._make_engine(flow)
+        with timing.EventTimeListener(engine):
+            engine.run()
+        t_uuid = engine.storage.get_atom_uuid("task1")
+        td = engine.storage._flowdetail.find(t_uuid)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(td)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(td.meta)
+        running_field = '%s-timestamp' % states.RUNNING
+        success_field = '%s-timestamp' % states.SUCCESS
+        self.assertIn(running_field, td.meta)
+        self.assertIn(success_field, td.meta)
+        td_duration = td.meta[success_field] - td.meta[running_field]
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(0.1, td_duration)
+        fd_meta = engine.storage._flowdetail.meta
+        self.assertIn(running_field, fd_meta)
+        self.assertIn(success_field, fd_meta)
+        fd_duration = fd_meta[success_field] - fd_meta[running_field]
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(0.1, fd_duration)
+
+
 class TestLoggingListeners(test.TestCase, EngineMakerMixin):
     def _make_logger(self, level=logging.DEBUG):
         log = logging.getLogger(