diff --git a/app/src/main/java/uk/org/openseizuredetector/AuthenticateActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/uk/org/openseizuredetector/AuthenticateActivity.java
index 1faa248..1ab3ce0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/uk/org/openseizuredetector/AuthenticateActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/uk/org/openseizuredetector/AuthenticateActivity.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import android.widget.TextView;
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
 
 public class AuthenticateActivity extends AppCompatActivity
@@ -150,8 +152,10 @@ public class AuthenticateActivity extends AppCompatActivity
                     String jsonStr = "";
                     JSONObject dataObj;
                     try {
+                        DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'hh:mm:ss");
                         jsonStr = "{HR:70}";
                         dataObj = new JSONObject(jsonStr);
+                        dataObj.put("dataTime", dateFormat.format(new Date()));
                         Log.v(TAG, "Creating Datapoint..."+dataObj.toString());
                         mWac.createDatapoint(dataObj,10);
                     } catch (JSONException e) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/uk/org/openseizuredetector/WebApiConnection.java b/app/src/main/java/uk/org/openseizuredetector/WebApiConnection.java
index d17e0e3..2e3e789 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/uk/org/openseizuredetector/WebApiConnection.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/uk/org/openseizuredetector/WebApiConnection.java
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ public class WebApiConnection {
         JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
         try {
             jsonObject.put("eventId", String.valueOf(eventId));
+            jsonObject.put("dataTime", dataObj.getString("dataTime"));
             jsonObject.put("dataJSON", dataObj.toString());
         } catch (JSONException e) {
             Log.e(TAG, "Error generating event JSON string");