diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 274138f0..09d17247 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -605,6 +605,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "amplify",
  "baid58",
  "bp-core",
+ "chrono",
  "commit_verify",
  "getrandom",
  "mime",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 158a3d67..7b3d4593 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ secp256k1-zkp = { version = "0.9.2", features = ["rand", "rand-std", "global-con
 baid58 = "~0.4.4"
 mime = "~0.3.17"
 serde_crate = { package = "serde", version = "1", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
+chrono = "0.4.31"
 
 [features]
 default = []
diff --git a/src/contract/fungible.rs b/src/contract/fungible.rs
index 83847f2c..80cae4f5 100644
--- a/src/contract/fungible.rs
+++ b/src/contract/fungible.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ use core::ops::Deref;
 use core::str::FromStr;
 use std::io;
 use std::io::Write;
-use std::time::SystemTime;
 
 use amplify::confinement::U8;
 use amplify::hex::ToHex;
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@ use amplify::hex::ToHex;
 // that we do not use the standard secp256k1zkp library
 use amplify::{hex, Array, Bytes32, Wrapper};
 use bp::secp256k1::rand::thread_rng;
+use chrono::Local;
 use commit_verify::{
     CommitEncode, CommitVerify, CommitmentProtocol, Conceal, DigestExt, Sha256, UntaggedProtocol,
 };
@@ -76,11 +76,13 @@ pub struct AssetTag(
 impl AssetTag {
     pub fn new_random(contract_domain: impl AsRef<str>, assignment_type: AssignmentType) -> Self {
         let rand = thread_rng().next_u64();
-        let timestamp = SystemTime::now().elapsed().expect("system time error");
+        let timestamp = Local::now()
+            .timestamp_nanos_opt()
+            .expect("local time error");
         let mut hasher = Sha256::default();
         hasher.input_with_len::<U8>(contract_domain.as_ref().as_bytes());
         hasher.input_raw(&assignment_type.to_le_bytes());
-        hasher.input_raw(&timestamp.as_nanos().to_le_bytes());
+        hasher.input_raw(&timestamp.to_le_bytes());
         hasher.input_raw(&rand.to_le_bytes());
         AssetTag::from(hasher.finish())
     }