diff --git a/src/api.ts b/src/api.ts
index c0028a0..4c76b2f 100644
--- a/src/api.ts
+++ b/src/api.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ const populateTweetProperties = async (
   apiTweet.color = apiTweet.author.avatar_color;
   apiTweet.twitter_card = 'tweet';
   apiTweet.created_at = tweet.created_at;
+  apiTweet.created_timestamp = new Date(tweet.created_at).getTime() / 1000;
 
   if (tweet.lang !== 'unk') {
     apiTweet.lang = tweet.lang;
diff --git a/src/types.d.ts b/src/types.d.ts
index 13e5098..eda48e0 100644
--- a/src/types.d.ts
+++ b/src/types.d.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ interface APITweet {
   url: string;
   text: string;
   created_at: string;
+  created_timestamp: number;
 
   likes: number;
   retweets: number;