diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a185cac8..d7839c00 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   `CategoryFilter::DEFAULT` in favor it (@vjik)
 - New #113: Add `Message::trace()` method (@vjik)
 - Enh #113: Remove unnecessary `unset` call in `ContextProvider` (@vjik)
+- New #114: Add `Message::time()` method (@vjik)
 
 ## 2.0.0 May 22, 2022
 
diff --git a/src/Message.php b/src/Message.php
index 8010787b..9a200b20 100644
--- a/src/Message.php
+++ b/src/Message.php
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 
 namespace Yiisoft\Log;
 
+use DateTimeImmutable;
+use DateTimeInterface;
+use Exception;
 use LogicException;
 use Psr\Log\InvalidArgumentException;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerTrait;
@@ -48,11 +51,16 @@ final class Message
      *
      * - category: string, message category.
      * - memory: int, memory usage in bytes, obtained by `memory_get_usage()`.
-     * - time: float, message timestamp obtained by microtime(true).
+     * - time: float, message timestamp obtained by `microtime(true)`.
      * - trace: array, debug backtrace, contains the application code call stacks.
      */
     private array $context;
 
+    /**
+     * Default time to use when the time is not set in the context.
+     */
+    private DateTimeImmutable $defaultTime;
+
     /**
      * @param string $level Log message level.
      * @param string|Stringable $message Log message.
@@ -69,6 +77,7 @@ public function __construct(string $level, string|Stringable $message, array $co
         $this->level = $level;
         $this->message = $this->parse($message, $context);
         $this->context = $context;
+        $this->defaultTime = new DateTimeImmutable();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -147,6 +156,43 @@ public function trace(): ?array
         return $trace;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the time of the log message.
+     *
+     * @return DateTimeImmutable The log message time.
+     */
+    public function time(): DateTimeImmutable
+    {
+        $time = $this->context['time'] ?? $this->defaultTime;
+
+        if ($time instanceof DateTimeInterface) {
+            return DateTimeImmutable::createFromInterface($time);
+        }
+
+        if (is_int($time) || is_float($time)) {
+            try {
+                return new DateTimeImmutable('@' . $time);
+            } catch (Exception $e) {
+                throw new LogicException('Invalid time value in log context: ' . $time . '.', previous: $e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (is_string($time)) {
+            $format = match (true) {
+                str_contains($time, '.') => 'U.u',
+                str_contains($time, ',') => 'U,u',
+                default => 'U',
+            };
+            $date = DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat($format, $time);
+            if ($date === false) {
+                throw new LogicException('Invalid time value in log context: "' . $time . '".');
+            }
+            return $date;
+        }
+
+        throw new LogicException('Invalid time value in log context. Got "' . get_debug_type($time) . '".');
+    }
+
     /**
      * Parses log message resolving placeholders in the form: "{foo}",
      * where foo will be replaced by the context data in key "foo".
diff --git a/src/Message/Formatter.php b/src/Message/Formatter.php
index a90afc6b..00698dbd 100644
--- a/src/Message/Formatter.php
+++ b/src/Message/Formatter.php
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 
 namespace Yiisoft\Log\Message;
 
-use DateTime;
-use DateTimeInterface;
-use Exception;
-use LogicException;
 use RuntimeException;
 use Yiisoft\Log\Message;
 use Yiisoft\VarDumper\VarDumper;
@@ -124,51 +120,13 @@ public function format(Message $message, array $commonContext): string
      */
     private function defaultFormat(Message $message, array $commonContext): string
     {
-        $time = $this->getTime($message);
+        $time = $message->time()->format($this->timestampFormat);
         $prefix = $this->getPrefix($message, $commonContext);
         $context = $this->getContext($message, $commonContext);
 
         return "{$time} {$prefix}[{$message->level()}][{$message->category()}] {$message->message()}{$context}";
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Gets formatted timestamp for message, according to {@see Formatter::$timestampFormat}.
-     *
-     * @param Message $message The log message.
-     *
-     * @return string Formatted timestamp for message.
-     */
-    private function getTime(Message $message): string
-    {
-        $time = $message->context('time');
-
-        if (is_int($time) || is_float($time)) {
-            try {
-                $date = new DateTime('@' . $time);
-            } catch (Exception $e) {
-                throw new LogicException('Invalid time value in log context: ' . $time . '.', previous: $e);
-            }
-        } elseif (is_string($time)) {
-            $format = match (true) {
-                str_contains($time, '.') => 'U.u',
-                str_contains($time, ',') => 'U,u',
-                default => 'U',
-            };
-            $date = DateTime::createFromFormat($format, $time);
-            if ($date === false) {
-                throw new LogicException('Invalid time value in log context: "' . $time . '".');
-            }
-        } elseif ($time instanceof DateTimeInterface) {
-            $date = $time;
-        } elseif ($time === null) {
-            $date = new DateTime();
-        } else {
-            throw new LogicException('Invalid time value in log context. Got "' . get_debug_type($time) . '".');
-        }
-
-        return $date->format($this->timestampFormat);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Gets a string to be prefixed to the given message.
      *