diff --git a/src/mockBatchCreator.ts b/src/mockBatchCreator.ts
index dfb050c3..73776ec3 100644
--- a/src/mockBatchCreator.ts
+++ b/src/mockBatchCreator.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,26 @@ import { convertEvents } from './sdkToEventsApiConverter';
 import * as EventsApi from '@mparticle/event-models';
 import { Batch } from '@mparticle/event-models';
 import { IMPSideloadedKit } from './sideloadedKit';
+import { IStore, SDKConfig } from './store';
 
 const mockFunction = function() {
     return null;
 };
 export default class _BatchValidator {
+    private configOverride?: Partial<Pick<SDKConfig, 'omitBatchTimestamp'>>;
+    private storeOverride?: Partial<Pick<IStore, 'batchTimestampUnixtimeMsOverride'>>;
+
+    constructor({
+        configOverride = {},
+        storeOverride = {}
+    }: {
+        configOverride?: Partial<Pick<SDKConfig, 'omitBatchTimestamp'>>,
+        storeOverride?: Partial<Pick<IStore, 'batchTimestampUnixtimeMsOverride'>>
+    } = {}) {
+        this.configOverride = configOverride
+        this.storeOverride = storeOverride
+    }
+
     private getMPInstance() {
         return ({
             // Certain Helper, Store, and Identity properties need to be mocked to be used in the `returnBatch` method
@@ -87,7 +102,9 @@ export default class _BatchValidator {
                 SDKConfig: {
                     isDevelopmentMode: false,
                     onCreateBatch: mockFunction,
+                    omitBatchTimestamp: this.configOverride?.omitBatchTimestamp,
                 },
+                batchTimestampUnixtimeMsOverride: this.storeOverride?.batchTimestampUnixtimeMsOverride
             },
             config: null,
             eCommerce: null,
diff --git a/src/sdkRuntimeModels.ts b/src/sdkRuntimeModels.ts
index 9f6c5a9c..021f9e3b 100644
--- a/src/sdkRuntimeModels.ts
+++ b/src/sdkRuntimeModels.ts
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ export interface SDKInitConfig
 
     workspaceToken?: string;
     isDevelopmentMode?: boolean;
+    omitBatchTimestamp?: boolean;
 
     // https://go.mparticle.com/work/SQDSDKS-6460
     identityCallback?: IdentityCallback;
diff --git a/src/sdkToEventsApiConverter.ts b/src/sdkToEventsApiConverter.ts
index f4c51b31..e5b2a9ea 100644
--- a/src/sdkToEventsApiConverter.ts
+++ b/src/sdkToEventsApiConverter.ts
@@ -56,10 +56,25 @@ export function convertEvents(
         currentConsentState = user.getConsentState();
     }
 
+    // determine what timestamp, if any, to use for the batch
+    const { omitBatchTimestamp } = mpInstance._Store.SDKConfig;
+    const { batchTimestampUnixtimeMsOverride } = mpInstance._Store;
+
+    let timestamp_unixtime_ms: number | null
+
+    if (batchTimestampUnixtimeMsOverride) {
+        timestamp_unixtime_ms = batchTimestampUnixtimeMsOverride;
+    } else if (omitBatchTimestamp) {
+        timestamp_unixtime_ms = null;
+    } else {
+        timestamp_unixtime_ms = new Date().getTime();
+    }
+
+
     const upload: EventsApi.Batch = {
         source_request_id: mpInstance._Helpers.generateUniqueId(),
         mpid,
-        timestamp_unixtime_ms: new Date().getTime(),
+        timestamp_unixtime_ms,
         environment: lastEvent.Debug
             ? EventsApi.BatchEnvironmentEnum.development
             : EventsApi.BatchEnvironmentEnum.production,
diff --git a/src/store.ts b/src/store.ts
index d48158e1..ea09c12f 100644
--- a/src/store.ts
+++ b/src/store.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ export interface SDKConfig {
     webviewBridgeName?: string;
     workspaceToken?: string;
     requiredWebviewBridgeName?: string;
+    omitBatchTimestamp?: boolean;
 }
 
 function createSDKConfig(config: SDKInitConfig): SDKConfig {
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ export interface IStore {
     integrationDelayTimeoutStart: number; // UNIX Timestamp
     webviewBridgeEnabled?: boolean;
     wrapperSDKInfo: WrapperSDKInfo;
+    batchTimestampUnixtimeMsOverride?: number
 
     persistenceData?: IPersistenceMinified;
 
@@ -477,6 +479,10 @@ export default function Store(
                 this.SDKConfig.onCreateBatch = undefined;
             }
         }
+
+        if (config.hasOwnProperty('omitBatchTimestamp')) {
+            this.SDKConfig.omitBatchTimestamp = config.omitBatchTimestamp;
+        }
     }
 
     this._getFromPersistence = <T>(mpid: MPID, key: string): T | null => {
diff --git a/test/src/tests-mockBatchCreator.ts b/test/src/tests-mockBatchCreator.ts
index e9115460..ecdc9a06 100644
--- a/test/src/tests-mockBatchCreator.ts
+++ b/test/src/tests-mockBatchCreator.ts
@@ -3,19 +3,21 @@ import { BaseEvent } from '../../src/sdkRuntimeModels';
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 
 describe('Create a batch from a base event', () => {
-    const batchValidator = new _BatchValidator();
     const baseEvent: BaseEvent = {
         messageType: 4,
         name: 'testEvent'
     }
-    
+
     it('creates a batch with base event ', done => {
+        const now = new Date().getTime();
+        const batchValidator = new _BatchValidator()
+
         let batch = batchValidator.returnBatch(baseEvent);
 
         expect(batch).to.have.property('environment').equal('production');
         expect(batch).to.have.property('source_request_id').equal('mockId');
         expect(batch).to.have.property('mpid').equal('0');
-        expect(batch).to.have.property('timestamp_unixtime_ms')
+        expect(batch).to.have.property('timestamp_unixtime_ms').greaterThanOrEqual(now);
         expect(batch).to.have.property('mp_deviceid');
         expect(batch).to.have.property('sdk_version')
         expect(batch).to.have.property('application_info');
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ describe('Create a batch from a base event', () => {
         batch = batchValidator.returnBatch(baseEvent);
         expect(batch.events[0].data).to.have.property('custom_attributes');
         expect(batch.events[0].data.custom_attributes).to.have.property('attrFoo', 'attrBar');
-        
+
         baseEvent.customFlags = { flagFoo: 'flagBar' }
         batch = batchValidator.returnBatch(baseEvent);
         expect(batch.events[0].data).to.have.property('custom_flags');
@@ -55,4 +57,48 @@ describe('Create a batch from a base event', () => {
 
         done();
     });
+
+    [undefined, null, false, true].forEach(omitBatchTimestamp => {
+        it(`respects an omitBatchTimestamp config value of ${omitBatchTimestamp}`, done => {
+            const now = new Date().getTime();
+            const batchValidator = new _BatchValidator({
+                configOverride: {omitBatchTimestamp}
+            });
+
+            const batch = batchValidator.returnBatch(baseEvent);
+
+            if (omitBatchTimestamp) {
+                expect(batch).to.have.property('timestamp_unixtime_ms', null);
+            } else {
+                expect(batch).to.have.property('timestamp_unixtime_ms').greaterThanOrEqual(now);
+            }
+
+            done();
+        });
+    })
+
+    it(`can use a batch timestamp override value`, done => {
+        const oneDayAgo = new Date().getTime() - (24 * 3600 * 1000);
+        const batchValidator = new _BatchValidator({
+            storeOverride: {batchTimestampUnixtimeMsOverride: oneDayAgo}
+        });
+        const batch = batchValidator.returnBatch(baseEvent);
+
+        expect(batch).to.have.property('timestamp_unixtime_ms').greaterThanOrEqual(oneDayAgo);
+
+        done();
+    });
+
+    it(`a batch timestamp override takes precedence over the sdk config`, done => {
+        const oneDayAgo = new Date().getTime() - (24 * 3600 * 1000);
+        const batchValidator = new _BatchValidator({
+            configOverride: {omitBatchTimestamp: true},
+            storeOverride: {batchTimestampUnixtimeMsOverride: oneDayAgo}}
+        );
+        const batch = batchValidator.returnBatch(baseEvent);
+
+        expect(batch).to.have.property('timestamp_unixtime_ms').greaterThanOrEqual(oneDayAgo);
+
+        done();
+    });
 });
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