diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index d3cbec712..197bc443b 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export { Protocols } from './utils/protocols.js';
 export { ProtocolsConfigure, ProtocolsConfigureOptions } from './interfaces/protocols-configure.js';
 export { ProtocolsQuery, ProtocolsQueryOptions } from './interfaces/protocols-query.js';
 export { Records } from './utils/records.js';
+export { createTimestamp } from './utils/time.js';
 export { RecordsDelete, RecordsDeleteOptions } from './interfaces/records-delete.js';
 export { RecordsRead, RecordsReadOptions } from './interfaces/records-read.js';
 export { Secp256k1 } from './utils/secp256k1.js';
diff --git a/src/utils/time.ts b/src/utils/time.ts
index fab05d85a..070fb99b1 100644
--- a/src/utils/time.ts
+++ b/src/utils/time.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,28 @@ export function getCurrentTimeInHighPrecision(): string {
   return Temporal.Now.instant().toString({ smallestUnit: 'microseconds' });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Creates a UTC ISO-8601 timestamp in microsecond precision accepted by DWN.
+ * @param options - Options for creating the timestamp.
+ * @returns string
+ */
+export function createTimestamp(
+  options: {year?: number, month?: number, day?: number, hour?: number, minute?: number, second?: number, millisecond?: number, microsecond?: number}
+): string {
+  const { year, month, day, hour, minute, second, millisecond, microsecond } = options;
+  return Temporal.ZonedDateTime.from({
+    timeZone: 'UTC',
+    year,
+    month,
+    day,
+    hour,
+    minute,
+    second,
+    millisecond,
+    microsecond
+  }).toInstant().toString({ smallestUnit: 'microseconds' });
+}
+
 /**
  * We must sleep for at least 2ms to avoid timestamp collisions during testing.
  * https://github.com/TBD54566975/dwn-sdk-js/issues/481
@@ -35,6 +57,6 @@ export function validateTimestamp(timestamp: string): void {
   try {
     Temporal.Instant.from(timestamp);
   } catch {
-    throw new DwnError(DwnErrorCode.TimestampInvalid,`Invalid timestamp: ${timestamp}`);
+    throw new DwnError(DwnErrorCode.TimestampInvalid, `Invalid timestamp: ${timestamp}`);
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/utils/test-data-generator.ts b/tests/utils/test-data-generator.ts
index 41186f4ab..59ae70bb3 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test-data-generator.ts
+++ b/tests/utils/test-data-generator.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import type { PrivateJwk, PublicJwk } from '../../src/types/jose-types.js';
 
 import * as cbor from '@ipld/dag-cbor';
 import { CID } from 'multiformats/cid';
+import { createTimestamp } from '../../src/index.js';
 import { DataStream } from '../../src/utils/data-stream.js';
 import { getCurrentTimeInHighPrecision } from '../../src/utils/time.js';
 import { PermissionsGrant } from '../../src/interfaces/permissions-grant.js';
@@ -832,15 +833,14 @@ export class TestDataGenerator {
    * @returns random UTC ISO-8601 timestamp
    */
   public static randomTimestamp(): string {
-    return Temporal.ZonedDateTime.from({
-      timeZone : 'UTC',
-      year     : this.randomInt(2000, 2022),
-      month    : this.randomInt(1, 12),
-      day      : this.randomInt(1, 28),
-      hour     : this.randomInt(0, 23),
-      minute   : this.randomInt(0, 59),
-      second   : this.randomInt(0, 59),
-    }).toInstant().toString({ smallestUnit: 'microseconds' });
+    return createTimestamp({
+      year   : this.randomInt(2000, 2022),
+      month  : this.randomInt(1, 12),
+      day    : this.randomInt(1, 28),
+      hour   : this.randomInt(0, 23),
+      minute : this.randomInt(0, 59),
+      second : this.randomInt(0, 59),
+    });
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/tests/utils/time.spec.ts b/tests/utils/time.spec.ts
index b92d2170b..3414a8d5b 100644
--- a/tests/utils/time.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/utils/time.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { DwnErrorCode } from '../../src/core/dwn-error.js';
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 import { TestDataGenerator } from '../utils/test-data-generator.js';
-import { validateTimestamp } from '../../src/utils/time.js';
+import { createTimestamp, validateTimestamp } from '../../src/utils/time.js';
 
 
 describe('time', () => {
@@ -26,4 +26,35 @@ describe('time', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe('createTimestamp', () => {
+    it('should create a valid timestamp', () => {
+      const timestamp = createTimestamp({
+        year        : 2022,
+        month       : 4,
+        day         : 29,
+        hour        : 10,
+        minute      : 30,
+        second      : 0,
+        millisecond : 123,
+        microsecond : 456
+      });
+      expect(timestamp).to.equal('2022-04-29T10:30:00.123456Z');
+    });
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+      const year = TestDataGenerator.randomInt(1900, 2500);
+      const month = TestDataGenerator.randomInt(1, 12);
+      const day = TestDataGenerator.randomInt(1, 28);
+      const hour = TestDataGenerator.randomInt(0, 23);
+      const minute = TestDataGenerator.randomInt(0, 59);
+      const second = TestDataGenerator.randomInt(0, 59);
+      const millisecond = TestDataGenerator.randomInt(0, 999);
+      const microsecond = TestDataGenerator.randomInt(0, 999);
+      it(`should create a valid timestamp for random values ${i}`, () => {
+        const timestamp = createTimestamp({ year, month, day, hour, minute, second, millisecond, microsecond });
+        expect(()=> validateTimestamp(timestamp)).to.not.throw();
+      });
+    }
+  });
 });
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