diff --git a/api/nodes.go b/api/nodes.go
index 76e25594f..de73e12c4 100644
--- a/api/nodes.go
+++ b/api/nodes.go
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ type NodeEvent struct {
 	Message     string
 	Subsystem   string
 	Details     map[string]string
-	Timestamp   int64
+	Timestamp   time.Time
 	CreateIndex uint64
 }
 
diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index f1022f444..432c5b815 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ func (c *Client) updateNodeFromDriver(name string, fingerprint, health *structs.
 					event := &structs.NodeEvent{
 						Subsystem: "Driver",
 						Message:   health.HealthDescription,
-						Timestamp: time.Now().Unix(),
+						Timestamp: time.Now(),
 					}
 					c.triggerNodeEvent(event)
 				}
diff --git a/command/node_status.go b/command/node_status.go
index b80411434..c914950a2 100644
--- a/command/node_status.go
+++ b/command/node_status.go
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ func (c *NodeStatusCommand) outputNodeEvent(events []*api.NodeEvent) {
 	}
 
 	for i, event := range events {
-		timestamp := formatUnixNanoTime(event.Timestamp)
+		timestamp := formatTime(event.Timestamp)
 		subsystem := event.Subsystem
 		msg := event.Message
 		if c.verbose {
diff --git a/nomad/fsm_test.go b/nomad/fsm_test.go
index ed8cf2df5..47ac8f05b 100644
--- a/nomad/fsm_test.go
+++ b/nomad/fsm_test.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func TestFSM_UpsertNodeEvents(t *testing.T) {
 	nodeEvent := &structs.NodeEvent{
 		Message:   "Heartbeating failed",
 		Subsystem: "Heartbeat",
-		Timestamp: time.Now().Unix(),
+		Timestamp: time.Now(),
 	}
 
 	nodeEvents := []*structs.NodeEvent{nodeEvent}
diff --git a/nomad/node_endpoint_test.go b/nomad/node_endpoint_test.go
index cf89d98a6..5cace3140 100644
--- a/nomad/node_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/nomad/node_endpoint_test.go
@@ -2864,7 +2864,7 @@ func TestClientEndpoint_EmitEvents(t *testing.T) {
 	nodeEvent := &structs.NodeEvent{
 		Message:   "Registration failed",
 		Subsystem: "Server",
-		Timestamp: time.Now().Unix(),
+		Timestamp: time.Now(),
 	}
 
 	nodeEvents := map[string][]*structs.NodeEvent{node.ID: {nodeEvent}}
diff --git a/nomad/state/state_store.go b/nomad/state/state_store.go
index 6e4f3978d..e5ce02838 100644
--- a/nomad/state/state_store.go
+++ b/nomad/state/state_store.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"log"
 	"sort"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-memdb"
 	multierror "github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
@@ -538,7 +539,7 @@ func (s *StateStore) UpsertNode(index uint64, node *structs.Node) error {
 		nodeEvent := &structs.NodeEvent{
 			Message:   "Node Registered",
 			Subsystem: "Cluster",
-			Timestamp: node.StatusUpdatedAt,
+			Timestamp: time.Unix(node.StatusUpdatedAt, 0),
 		}
 		node.Events = []*structs.NodeEvent{nodeEvent}
 		node.CreateIndex = index
diff --git a/nomad/state/state_store_test.go b/nomad/state/state_store_test.go
index 9f13dd10b..dd085bb9e 100644
--- a/nomad/state/state_store_test.go
+++ b/nomad/state/state_store_test.go
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ func TestStateStore_AddSingleNodeEvent(t *testing.T) {
 	nodeEvent := &structs.NodeEvent{
 		Message:   "failed",
 		Subsystem: "Driver",
-		Timestamp: time.Now().Unix(),
+		Timestamp: time.Now(),
 	}
 	nodeEvents := map[string][]*structs.NodeEvent{
 		node.ID: {nodeEvent},
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ func TestStateStore_NodeEvents_RetentionWindow(t *testing.T) {
 		nodeEvent := &structs.NodeEvent{
 			Message:   fmt.Sprintf("%dith failed", i),
 			Subsystem: "Driver",
-			Timestamp: time.Now().Unix(),
+			Timestamp: time.Now(),
 		}
 
 		nodeEvents := map[string][]*structs.NodeEvent{
diff --git a/nomad/structs/structs.go b/nomad/structs/structs.go
index ed18588f5..9e0db1659 100644
--- a/nomad/structs/structs.go
+++ b/nomad/structs/structs.go
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ type NodeEvent struct {
 	Message     string
 	Subsystem   string
 	Details     map[string]string
-	Timestamp   int64
+	Timestamp   time.Time
 	CreateIndex uint64
 }
 
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ func (ne *NodeEvent) String() string {
 		details = append(details, fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", k, v))
 	}
 
-	return fmt.Sprintf("Message: %s, Subsystem: %s, Details: %s, Timestamp: %d", ne.Message, ne.Subsystem, strings.Join(details, ","), ne.Timestamp)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("Message: %s, Subsystem: %s, Details: %s, Timestamp: %s", ne.Message, ne.Subsystem, strings.Join(details, ","), ne.Timestamp.String())
 }
 
 func (ne *NodeEvent) Copy() *NodeEvent {