diff --git a/includes/templates/class-amp-post-template.php b/includes/templates/class-amp-post-template.php
index bdabf61b057..3bcab0db0f8 100644
--- a/includes/templates/class-amp-post-template.php
+++ b/includes/templates/class-amp-post-template.php
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ private function build_post_publish_timestamp() {
 		$format = 'U';
 
 		if ( empty( $this->post->post_date_gmt ) || '0000-00-00 00:00:00' === $this->post->post_date_gmt ) {
-			$timestamp = time();
+			$timestamp =  (int) get_the_time('U');
 		} else {
 			$timestamp = (int) get_post_time( $format, true, $this->post, true );
 		}
diff --git a/templates/meta-time.php b/templates/meta-time.php
index 40c173beb73..77193b64be8 100644
--- a/templates/meta-time.php
+++ b/templates/meta-time.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 			sprintf(
 				/* translators: %s: the human-readable time difference. */
 				__( '%s ago', 'amp' ),
-				human_time_diff( $this->get( 'post_publish_timestamp' ), time() )
+				human_time_diff( $this->get( 'post_publish_timestamp' ), current_time('timestamp') )
 			)
 		);
 		?>