diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 30b38414..fe1bcb36 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ rmp = "0.8.11"
 rmp-serde = "1.1.0"
 rmpv = "1.0.0"
 base64 = "0.13.0"
+chrono = "0.4.19"
 ordered-float = { version = "3.0", features = ["serde"] }
 cozorocks = { path = "cozorocks" }
 
diff --git a/src/data/id.rs b/src/data/id.rs
index f20e5c2b..b97d8530 100644
--- a/src/data/id.rs
+++ b/src/data/id.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::data::triple::StoreOp;
+use chrono::{DateTime, TimeZone, Utc};
 use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Formatter};
 use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
@@ -28,7 +29,8 @@ impl Validity {
 
 impl Debug for Validity {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "v{}", self.0)
+        let dt = Utc.timestamp(self.0 / 1_000_000, (self.0 % 1_000_000) as u32 * 1000);
+        write!(f, "{}", dt.to_rfc3339())
     }
 }