diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 683181678..e7eb81b5f 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ linters:
     - gosimple
     - govet
     - ineffassign
-    - interfacer
+    # - interfacer
     - lll
     - misspell
     # - maligned
diff --git a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
index c5a010eb5..7139a7949 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/tendermi
 
 - [abci] [\#5174](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/5174) Add amnesia evidence and remove mock and potential amnesia evidence from abci (@cmwaters)
 
+### IMPROVEMENTS:
+
+- [evidence] [\#5219](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/5219) Change the source of evidence time to block time (@cmwaters)
+
 ### BUG FIXES:
 
 - [evidence] [\#5170](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/5170) change abci evidence time to the time the infraction happened not the time the evidence was committed on the block (@cmwaters)
diff --git a/abci/types/types.pb.go b/abci/types/types.pb.go
index 6de0fc82b..0a7ea38c6 100644
--- a/abci/types/types.pb.go
+++ b/abci/types/types.pb.go
@@ -2944,10 +2944,13 @@ func (m *VoteInfo) GetSignedLastBlock() bool {
 }
 
 type Evidence struct {
-	Type      string    `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=type,proto3" json:"type,omitempty"`
+	Type string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=type,proto3" json:"type,omitempty"`
+	// The offending validator
 	Validator Validator `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=validator,proto3" json:"validator"`
-	Height    int64     `protobuf:"varint,3,opt,name=height,proto3" json:"height,omitempty"`
-	Time      time.Time `protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=time,proto3,stdtime" json:"time"`
+	// The height when the offense occurred
+	Height int64 `protobuf:"varint,3,opt,name=height,proto3" json:"height,omitempty"`
+	// The corresponding time where the offense occurred
+	Time time.Time `protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=time,proto3,stdtime" json:"time"`
 	// Total voting power of the validator set in case the ABCI application does
 	// not store historical validators.
 	// https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/4581
diff --git a/consensus/byzantine_test.go b/consensus/byzantine_test.go
index 43b2f96bd..becb01de5 100644
--- a/consensus/byzantine_test.go
+++ b/consensus/byzantine_test.go
@@ -157,25 +157,25 @@ func TestByzantinePrevoteEquivocation(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer stopConsensusNet(log.TestingLogger(), reactors, eventBuses)
 
-	// Check that evidence is submitted and committed at the third height
-	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
-		timeoutWaitGroup(t, nValidators, func(j int) {
-			<-blocksSubs[j].Out()
-		}, css)
-	}
-	timeoutWaitGroup(t, nValidators, func(j int) {
-		msg := <-blocksSubs[j].Out()
+	// Evidence should be submitted and committed at the third height but
+	// we will check the first five just in case
+	var evidence types.Evidence
+
+	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+		msg := <-blocksSubs[nValidators-1].Out()
 		block := msg.Data().(types.EventDataNewBlock).Block
-		// assert that we have evidence
-		if assert.True(t, len(block.Evidence.Evidence) == 1) {
-			// and that the evidence is of type DuplicateVoteEvidence
-			ev, ok := block.Evidence.Evidence[0].(*types.DuplicateVoteEvidence)
-			assert.True(t, ok)
-			// and that the address matches to that of the byzantine node
-			pubkey, _ := bcs.privValidator.GetPubKey()
-			assert.Equal(t, []byte(pubkey.Address()), ev.Address())
+		if len(block.Evidence.Evidence) > 0 {
+			evidence = block.Evidence.Evidence[0]
+			break
 		}
-	}, css)
+	}
+
+	if assert.NotNil(t, evidence) {
+		ev, ok := evidence.(*types.DuplicateVoteEvidence)
+		assert.True(t, ok)
+		pubkey, _ := bcs.privValidator.GetPubKey()
+		assert.Equal(t, []byte(pubkey.Address()), ev.Address())
+	}
 }
 
 // 4 validators. 1 is byzantine. The other three are partitioned into A (1 val) and B (2 vals).
diff --git a/consensus/reactor_test.go b/consensus/reactor_test.go
index 32721eaa9..28562ea88 100644
--- a/consensus/reactor_test.go
+++ b/consensus/reactor_test.go
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ import (
 //----------------------------------------------
 // in-process testnets
 
+var defaultTestTime = time.Date(2019, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+
 func startConsensusNet(t *testing.T, css []*State, n int) (
 	[]*Reactor,
 	[]types.Subscription,
@@ -202,7 +204,7 @@ type mockEvidencePool struct {
 
 func newMockEvidencePool(val types.PrivValidator) *mockEvidencePool {
 	return &mockEvidencePool{
-		ev: []types.Evidence{types.NewMockDuplicateVoteEvidenceWithValidator(1, time.Now().UTC(), val, config.ChainID())},
+		ev: []types.Evidence{types.NewMockDuplicateVoteEvidenceWithValidator(1, defaultTestTime, val, config.ChainID())},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -234,7 +236,7 @@ func (m *mockEvidencePool) IsPending(evidence types.Evidence) bool {
 	return false
 }
 func (m *mockEvidencePool) AddPOLC(*types.ProofOfLockChange) error { return nil }
-func (m *mockEvidencePool) Header(int64) *types.Header             { return nil }
+func (m *mockEvidencePool) Header(int64) *types.Header             { return &types.Header{Time: defaultTestTime} }
 
 //------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/consensus/state.go b/consensus/state.go
index 564f9ed11..f62a3b737 100644
--- a/consensus/state.go
+++ b/consensus/state.go
@@ -1817,7 +1817,16 @@ func (cs *State) tryAddVote(vote *types.Vote, peerID p2p.ID) (bool, error) {
 					vote.Type)
 				return added, err
 			}
-			cs.evpool.AddEvidence(voteErr.DuplicateVoteEvidence)
+			var timestamp time.Time
+			if voteErr.VoteA.Height == 1 {
+				timestamp = cs.state.LastBlockTime // genesis time
+			} else {
+				timestamp = sm.MedianTime(cs.LastCommit.MakeCommit(), cs.LastValidators)
+			}
+			evidenceErr := cs.evpool.AddEvidence(types.NewDuplicateVoteEvidence(voteErr.VoteA, voteErr.VoteB, timestamp))
+			if evidenceErr != nil {
+				cs.Logger.Error("Failed to add evidence to the evidence pool", "err", evidenceErr)
+			}
 			return added, err
 		} else if err == types.ErrVoteNonDeterministicSignature {
 			cs.Logger.Debug("Vote has non-deterministic signature", "err", err)
diff --git a/evidence/mocks/block_store.go b/evidence/mocks/block_store.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c491122a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evidence/mocks/block_store.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Code generated by mockery v2.1.0. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package mocks
+
+import (
+	mock "github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
+
+	types "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
+)
+
+// BlockStore is an autogenerated mock type for the BlockStore type
+type BlockStore struct {
+	mock.Mock
+}
+
+// LoadBlockMeta provides a mock function with given fields: height
+func (_m *BlockStore) LoadBlockMeta(height int64) *types.BlockMeta {
+	ret := _m.Called(height)
+
+	var r0 *types.BlockMeta
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(int64) *types.BlockMeta); ok {
+		r0 = rf(height)
+	} else {
+		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
+			r0 = ret.Get(0).(*types.BlockMeta)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return r0
+}
diff --git a/evidence/pool.go b/evidence/pool.go
index 7f984ca16..1f6216513 100644
--- a/evidence/pool.go
+++ b/evidence/pool.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
 	tmproto "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/types"
 	sm "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/state"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/store"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 )
 
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ type Pool struct {
 	// needed to load validators to verify evidence
 	stateDB dbm.DB
 	// needed to load headers to verify evidence
-	blockStore *store.BlockStore
+	blockStore BlockStore
 
 	mtx sync.Mutex
 	// latest state
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ type Pool struct {
 
 // Creates a new pool. If using an existing evidence store, it will add all pending evidence
 // to the concurrent list.
-func NewPool(stateDB, evidenceDB dbm.DB, blockStore *store.BlockStore) (*Pool, error) {
+func NewPool(stateDB, evidenceDB dbm.DB, blockStore BlockStore) (*Pool, error) {
 	var (
 		state = sm.LoadState(stateDB)
 	)
@@ -184,17 +183,30 @@ func (evpool *Pool) AddEvidence(evidence types.Evidence) error {
 			}
 		}
 
-		// For lunatic validator evidence, a header needs to be fetched.
+		// A header needs to be fetched. For lunatic evidence this is so we can verify
+		// that some of the fields are different to the ones we have. For all evidence it
+		// it so we can verify that the time of the evidence is correct
+
 		var header *types.Header
-		if _, ok := ev.(*types.LunaticValidatorEvidence); ok {
+		// if the evidence is from the current height - this means the evidence is fresh from the consensus
+		// and we won't have it in the block store. We thus check that the time isn't before the previous block
+		if ev.Height() == evpool.State().LastBlockHeight+1 {
+			if ev.Time().Before(evpool.State().LastBlockTime) {
+				return fmt.Errorf("evidence is from an earlier time than the previous block: %v < %v",
+					ev.Time(),
+					evpool.State().LastBlockTime)
+			}
+			header = &types.Header{Time: ev.Time()}
+		} else { // if the evidence is from a prior height
 			header = evpool.Header(ev.Height())
 			if header == nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("don't have block meta at height #%d", ev.Height())
+				return fmt.Errorf("don't have header at height #%d", ev.Height())
 			}
 		}
 
 		// 1) Verify against state.
 		if err := sm.VerifyEvidence(evpool.stateDB, state, ev, header); err != nil {
+			evpool.logger.Debug("Inbound evidence is invalid", "evidence", ev, "err", err)
 			return types.NewErrEvidenceInvalid(ev, err)
 		}
 
@@ -238,7 +250,7 @@ func (evpool *Pool) AddEvidence(evidence types.Evidence) error {
 		// 3) Add evidence to clist.
 		evpool.evidenceList.PushBack(ev)
 
-		evpool.logger.Info("Verified new evidence of byzantine behaviour", "evidence", ev)
+		evpool.logger.Info("Verified new evidence of byzantine behavior", "evidence", ev)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/evidence/pool_test.go b/evidence/pool_test.go
index 09d848bcd..2ab68cf5b 100644
--- a/evidence/pool_test.go
+++ b/evidence/pool_test.go
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	dbm "github.com/tendermint/tm-db"
 
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/crypto/tmhash"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/evidence/mocks"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/bytes"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
 	tmrand "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/rand"
@@ -33,18 +35,20 @@ const evidenceChainID = "test_chain"
 func TestEvidencePool(t *testing.T) {
 	var (
 		val          = types.NewMockPV()
-		valAddr      = val.PrivKey.PubKey().Address()
 		height       = int64(52)
 		stateDB      = initializeValidatorState(val, height)
 		evidenceDB   = dbm.NewMemDB()
-		blockStoreDB = dbm.NewMemDB()
-		blockStore   = initializeBlockStore(blockStoreDB, sm.LoadState(stateDB), valAddr)
+		blockStore   = &mocks.BlockStore{}
 		evidenceTime = time.Date(2019, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
 
 		goodEvidence = types.NewMockDuplicateVoteEvidenceWithValidator(height, evidenceTime, val, evidenceChainID)
 		badEvidence  = types.NewMockDuplicateVoteEvidenceWithValidator(1, evidenceTime, val, evidenceChainID)
 	)
 
+	blockStore.On("LoadBlockMeta", mock.AnythingOfType("int64")).Return(
+		&types.BlockMeta{Header: types.Header{Time: evidenceTime}},
+	)
+
 	pool, err := NewPool(stateDB, evidenceDB, blockStore)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -86,11 +90,14 @@ func TestProposingAndCommittingEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 		height       = int64(1)
 		stateDB      = initializeValidatorState(val, height)
 		evidenceDB   = dbm.NewMemDB()
-		blockStoreDB = dbm.NewMemDB()
-		blockStore   = initializeBlockStore(blockStoreDB, sm.LoadState(stateDB), val.PrivKey.PubKey().Address())
+		blockStore   = &mocks.BlockStore{}
 		evidenceTime = time.Date(2019, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
 	)
 
+	blockStore.On("LoadBlockMeta", mock.AnythingOfType("int64")).Return(
+		&types.BlockMeta{Header: types.Header{Time: evidenceTime}},
+	)
+
 	pool, err := NewPool(stateDB, evidenceDB, blockStore)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -300,12 +307,11 @@ func TestAddingPotentialAmnesiaEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Proposer: val.ExtractIntoValidator(1),
 		}
-		height       = int64(30)
-		stateDB      = initializeStateFromValidatorSet(valSet, height)
-		evidenceDB   = dbm.NewMemDB()
-		blockStoreDB = dbm.NewMemDB()
-		state        = sm.LoadState(stateDB)
-		blockStore   = initializeBlockStore(blockStoreDB, state, pubKey.Address())
+		height     = int64(30)
+		stateDB    = initializeStateFromValidatorSet(valSet, height)
+		evidenceDB = dbm.NewMemDB()
+		state      = sm.LoadState(stateDB)
+		blockStore = &mocks.BlockStore{}
 		//evidenceTime    = time.Date(2019, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
 		firstBlockID = types.BlockID{
 			Hash: []byte("aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"),
@@ -324,6 +330,10 @@ func TestAddingPotentialAmnesiaEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 		evidenceTime = time.Date(2019, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
 	)
 
+	blockStore.On("LoadBlockMeta", mock.AnythingOfType("int64")).Return(
+		&types.BlockMeta{Header: types.Header{Time: evidenceTime}},
+	)
+
 	// TEST SETUP
 	pool, err := NewPool(stateDB, evidenceDB, blockStore)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -346,8 +356,9 @@ func TestAddingPotentialAmnesiaEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 	voteC.Signature = vC.Signature
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	ev := &types.PotentialAmnesiaEvidence{
-		VoteA: voteA,
-		VoteB: voteB,
+		VoteA:     voteA,
+		VoteB:     voteB,
+		Timestamp: evidenceTime,
 	}
 
 	polc := &types.ProofOfLockChange{
@@ -410,8 +421,9 @@ func TestAddingPotentialAmnesiaEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 	pool.logger.Info("CASE D")
 	// evidence of voting back in the past which is instantly punishable -> amnesia evidence is made directly
 	ev2 := &types.PotentialAmnesiaEvidence{
-		VoteA: voteC,
-		VoteB: voteB,
+		VoteA:     voteC,
+		VoteB:     voteB,
+		Timestamp: evidenceTime,
 	}
 	err = pool.AddEvidence(ev2)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -445,8 +457,9 @@ func TestAddingPotentialAmnesiaEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 	// a new amnesia evidence is seen. It has an empty polc so we should extract the potential amnesia evidence
 	// and start our own trial
 	newPe := &types.PotentialAmnesiaEvidence{
-		VoteA: voteB,
-		VoteB: voteD,
+		VoteA:     voteB,
+		VoteB:     voteD,
+		Timestamp: evidenceTime,
 	}
 	newAe := &types.AmnesiaEvidence{
 		PotentialAmnesiaEvidence: newPe,
diff --git a/evidence/reactor_test.go b/evidence/reactor_test.go
index d35e78294..9996f21a0 100644
--- a/evidence/reactor_test.go
+++ b/evidence/reactor_test.go
@@ -8,14 +8,15 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log/term"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	dbm "github.com/tendermint/tm-db"
 
 	cfg "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/config"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/evidence/mocks"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
-	sm "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/state"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 )
 
@@ -38,11 +39,14 @@ func makeAndConnectReactors(config *cfg.Config, stateDBs []dbm.DB) []*Reactor {
 
 	reactors := make([]*Reactor, N)
 	logger := evidenceLogger()
+	evidenceTime := time.Date(2019, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
 
 	for i := 0; i < N; i++ {
 		evidenceDB := dbm.NewMemDB()
-		blockStoreDB := dbm.NewMemDB()
-		blockStore := initializeBlockStore(blockStoreDB, sm.LoadState(stateDBs[i]), []byte("myval"))
+		blockStore := &mocks.BlockStore{}
+		blockStore.On("LoadBlockMeta", mock.AnythingOfType("int64")).Return(
+			&types.BlockMeta{Header: types.Header{Time: evidenceTime}},
+		)
 		pool, err := NewPool(stateDBs[i], evidenceDB, blockStore)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
@@ -115,7 +119,8 @@ func _waitForEvidence(
 func sendEvidence(t *testing.T, evpool *Pool, val types.PrivValidator, n int) types.EvidenceList {
 	evList := make([]types.Evidence, n)
 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
-		ev := types.NewMockDuplicateVoteEvidenceWithValidator(int64(i+1), time.Now().UTC(), val, evidenceChainID)
+		ev := types.NewMockDuplicateVoteEvidenceWithValidator(int64(i+1),
+			time.Date(2019, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC), val, evidenceChainID)
 		err := evpool.AddEvidence(ev)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		evList[i] = ev
diff --git a/evidence/services.go b/evidence/services.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e86960653
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evidence/services.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package evidence
+
+import (
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
+)
+
+//go:generate mockery --case underscore --name BlockStore
+
+type BlockStore interface {
+	LoadBlockMeta(height int64) *types.BlockMeta
+}
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index 4873920ef..de9530f35 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -345,7 +345,6 @@ func createEvidenceReactor(config *cfg.Config, dbProvider DBProvider,
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
-	evidencePool.SetLogger(evidenceLogger)
 	evidenceReactor := evidence.NewReactor(evidencePool)
 	evidenceReactor.SetLogger(evidenceLogger)
 	return evidenceReactor, evidencePool, nil
diff --git a/proto/tendermint/types/evidence.pb.go b/proto/tendermint/types/evidence.pb.go
index 0939e1fce..0beea6ac4 100644
--- a/proto/tendermint/types/evidence.pb.go
+++ b/proto/tendermint/types/evidence.pb.go
@@ -7,16 +7,20 @@ import (
 	fmt "fmt"
 	_ "github.com/gogo/protobuf/gogoproto"
 	proto "github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
+	_ "github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
+	github_com_gogo_protobuf_types "github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
 	crypto "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/crypto"
 	io "io"
 	math "math"
 	math_bits "math/bits"
+	time "time"
 )
 
 // Reference imports to suppress errors if they are not otherwise used.
 var _ = proto.Marshal
 var _ = fmt.Errorf
 var _ = math.Inf
+var _ = time.Kitchen
 
 // This is a compile-time assertion to ensure that this generated file
 // is compatible with the proto package it is being compiled against.
@@ -27,8 +31,9 @@ const _ = proto.GoGoProtoPackageIsVersion3 // please upgrade the proto package
 // DuplicateVoteEvidence contains evidence a validator signed two conflicting
 // votes.
 type DuplicateVoteEvidence struct {
-	VoteA *Vote `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=vote_a,json=voteA,proto3" json:"vote_a,omitempty"`
-	VoteB *Vote `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=vote_b,json=voteB,proto3" json:"vote_b,omitempty"`
+	VoteA     *Vote     `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=vote_a,json=voteA,proto3" json:"vote_a,omitempty"`
+	VoteB     *Vote     `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=vote_b,json=voteB,proto3" json:"vote_b,omitempty"`
+	Timestamp time.Time `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=timestamp,proto3,stdtime" json:"timestamp"`
 }
 
 func (m *DuplicateVoteEvidence) Reset()         { *m = DuplicateVoteEvidence{} }
@@ -78,10 +83,18 @@ func (m *DuplicateVoteEvidence) GetVoteB() *Vote {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (m *DuplicateVoteEvidence) GetTimestamp() time.Time {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.Timestamp
+	}
+	return time.Time{}
+}
+
 type PotentialAmnesiaEvidence struct {
-	VoteA       *Vote `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=vote_a,json=voteA,proto3" json:"vote_a,omitempty"`
-	VoteB       *Vote `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=vote_b,json=voteB,proto3" json:"vote_b,omitempty"`
-	HeightStamp int64 `protobuf:"varint,3,opt,name=height_stamp,json=heightStamp,proto3" json:"height_stamp,omitempty"`
+	VoteA       *Vote     `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=vote_a,json=voteA,proto3" json:"vote_a,omitempty"`
+	VoteB       *Vote     `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=vote_b,json=voteB,proto3" json:"vote_b,omitempty"`
+	HeightStamp int64     `protobuf:"varint,3,opt,name=height_stamp,json=heightStamp,proto3" json:"height_stamp,omitempty"`
+	Timestamp   time.Time `protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=timestamp,proto3,stdtime" json:"timestamp"`
 }
 
 func (m *PotentialAmnesiaEvidence) Reset()         { *m = PotentialAmnesiaEvidence{} }
@@ -138,6 +151,13 @@ func (m *PotentialAmnesiaEvidence) GetHeightStamp() int64 {
 	return 0
 }
 
+func (m *PotentialAmnesiaEvidence) GetTimestamp() time.Time {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.Timestamp
+	}
+	return time.Time{}
+}
+
 type AmnesiaEvidence struct {
 	PotentialAmnesiaEvidence *PotentialAmnesiaEvidence `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=potential_amnesia_evidence,json=potentialAmnesiaEvidence,proto3" json:"potential_amnesia_evidence,omitempty"`
 	Polc                     *ProofOfLockChange        `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=polc,proto3" json:"polc,omitempty"`
@@ -243,9 +263,10 @@ func (m *ConflictingHeadersEvidence) GetH2() *SignedHeader {
 }
 
 type LunaticValidatorEvidence struct {
-	Header             *Header `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=header,proto3" json:"header,omitempty"`
-	Vote               *Vote   `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=vote,proto3" json:"vote,omitempty"`
-	InvalidHeaderField string  `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=invalid_header_field,json=invalidHeaderField,proto3" json:"invalid_header_field,omitempty"`
+	Header             *Header   `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=header,proto3" json:"header,omitempty"`
+	Vote               *Vote     `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=vote,proto3" json:"vote,omitempty"`
+	InvalidHeaderField string    `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=invalid_header_field,json=invalidHeaderField,proto3" json:"invalid_header_field,omitempty"`
+	Timestamp          time.Time `protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=timestamp,proto3,stdtime" json:"timestamp"`
 }
 
 func (m *LunaticValidatorEvidence) Reset()         { *m = LunaticValidatorEvidence{} }
@@ -302,6 +323,13 @@ func (m *LunaticValidatorEvidence) GetInvalidHeaderField() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+func (m *LunaticValidatorEvidence) GetTimestamp() time.Time {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.Timestamp
+	}
+	return time.Time{}
+}
+
 type Evidence struct {
 	// Types that are valid to be assigned to Sum:
 	//	*Evidence_DuplicateVoteEvidence
@@ -545,48 +573,52 @@ func init() {
 func init() { proto.RegisterFile("tendermint/types/evidence.proto", fileDescriptor_6825fabc78e0a168) }
 
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 func (m *DuplicateVoteEvidence) Marshal() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
@@ -609,6 +641,14 @@ func (m *DuplicateVoteEvidence) MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
 	_ = i
 	var l int
 	_ = l
+	n1, err1 := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdTimeMarshalTo(m.Timestamp, dAtA[i-github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdTime(m.Timestamp):])
+	if err1 != nil {
+		return 0, err1
+	}
+	i -= n1
+	i = encodeVarintEvidence(dAtA, i, uint64(n1))
+	i--
+	dAtA[i] = 0x1a
 	if m.VoteB != nil {
 		{
 			size, err := m.VoteB.MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA[:i])
@@ -656,6 +696,14 @@ func (m *PotentialAmnesiaEvidence) MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA []byte) (int, error
 	_ = i
 	var l int
 	_ = l
+	n4, err4 := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdTimeMarshalTo(m.Timestamp, dAtA[i-github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdTime(m.Timestamp):])
+	if err4 != nil {
+		return 0, err4
+	}
+	i -= n4
+	i = encodeVarintEvidence(dAtA, i, uint64(n4))
+	i--
+	dAtA[i] = 0x22
 	if m.HeightStamp != 0 {
 		i = encodeVarintEvidence(dAtA, i, uint64(m.HeightStamp))
 		i--
@@ -802,6 +850,14 @@ func (m *LunaticValidatorEvidence) MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA []byte) (int, error
 	_ = i
 	var l int
 	_ = l
+	n11, err11 := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdTimeMarshalTo(m.Timestamp, dAtA[i-github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdTime(m.Timestamp):])
+	if err11 != nil {
+		return 0, err11
+	}
+	i -= n11
+	i = encodeVarintEvidence(dAtA, i, uint64(n11))
+	i--
+	dAtA[i] = 0x22
 	if len(m.InvalidHeaderField) > 0 {
 		i -= len(m.InvalidHeaderField)
 		copy(dAtA[i:], m.InvalidHeaderField)
@@ -1091,6 +1147,8 @@ func (m *DuplicateVoteEvidence) Size() (n int) {
 		l = m.VoteB.Size()
 		n += 1 + l + sovEvidence(uint64(l))
 	}
+	l = github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdTime(m.Timestamp)
+	n += 1 + l + sovEvidence(uint64(l))
 	return n
 }
 
@@ -1111,6 +1169,8 @@ func (m *PotentialAmnesiaEvidence) Size() (n int) {
 	if m.HeightStamp != 0 {
 		n += 1 + sovEvidence(uint64(m.HeightStamp))
 	}
+	l = github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdTime(m.Timestamp)
+	n += 1 + l + sovEvidence(uint64(l))
 	return n
 }
 
@@ -1166,6 +1226,8 @@ func (m *LunaticValidatorEvidence) Size() (n int) {
 	if l > 0 {
 		n += 1 + l + sovEvidence(uint64(l))
 	}
+	l = github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdTime(m.Timestamp)
+	n += 1 + l + sovEvidence(uint64(l))
 	return n
 }
 
@@ -1386,6 +1448,39 @@ func (m *DuplicateVoteEvidence) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 				return err
 			}
 			iNdEx = postIndex
+		case 3:
+			if wireType != 2 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Timestamp", wireType)
+			}
+			var msglen int
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowEvidence
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				msglen |= int(b&0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if msglen < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthEvidence
+			}
+			postIndex := iNdEx + msglen
+			if postIndex < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthEvidence
+			}
+			if postIndex > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdTimeUnmarshal(&m.Timestamp, dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			iNdEx = postIndex
 		default:
 			iNdEx = preIndex
 			skippy, err := skipEvidence(dAtA[iNdEx:])
@@ -1530,6 +1625,39 @@ func (m *PotentialAmnesiaEvidence) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 					break
 				}
 			}
+		case 4:
+			if wireType != 2 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Timestamp", wireType)
+			}
+			var msglen int
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowEvidence
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				msglen |= int(b&0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if msglen < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthEvidence
+			}
+			postIndex := iNdEx + msglen
+			if postIndex < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthEvidence
+			}
+			if postIndex > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdTimeUnmarshal(&m.Timestamp, dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			iNdEx = postIndex
 		default:
 			iNdEx = preIndex
 			skippy, err := skipEvidence(dAtA[iNdEx:])
@@ -1937,6 +2065,39 @@ func (m *LunaticValidatorEvidence) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 			}
 			m.InvalidHeaderField = string(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex])
 			iNdEx = postIndex
+		case 4:
+			if wireType != 2 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Timestamp", wireType)
+			}
+			var msglen int
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowEvidence
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				msglen |= int(b&0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if msglen < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthEvidence
+			}
+			postIndex := iNdEx + msglen
+			if postIndex < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthEvidence
+			}
+			if postIndex > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdTimeUnmarshal(&m.Timestamp, dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			iNdEx = postIndex
 		default:
 			iNdEx = preIndex
 			skippy, err := skipEvidence(dAtA[iNdEx:])
diff --git a/proto/tendermint/types/evidence.proto b/proto/tendermint/types/evidence.proto
index 31744a938..c2bb74ca4 100644
--- a/proto/tendermint/types/evidence.proto
+++ b/proto/tendermint/types/evidence.proto
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package tendermint.types;
 option go_package = "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/types";
 
 import "gogoproto/gogo.proto";
+import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto";
 import "tendermint/types/types.proto";
 import "tendermint/crypto/keys.proto";
 
@@ -12,6 +13,9 @@ import "tendermint/crypto/keys.proto";
 message DuplicateVoteEvidence {
   Vote vote_a = 1;
   Vote vote_b = 2;
+  
+  google.protobuf.Timestamp timestamp = 3
+    [(gogoproto.nullable) = false, (gogoproto.stdtime) = true];
 }
 
 message PotentialAmnesiaEvidence {
@@ -19,6 +23,8 @@ message PotentialAmnesiaEvidence {
   Vote vote_b = 2;
 
   int64 height_stamp = 3;
+  google.protobuf.Timestamp timestamp = 4
+    [(gogoproto.nullable) = false, (gogoproto.stdtime) = true];
 }
 
 message AmnesiaEvidence {
@@ -35,6 +41,9 @@ message LunaticValidatorEvidence {
   Header header               = 1;
   Vote   vote                 = 2;
   string invalid_header_field = 3;
+  
+  google.protobuf.Timestamp timestamp = 4
+    [(gogoproto.nullable) = false, (gogoproto.stdtime) = true];
 }
 
 message Evidence {
diff --git a/rpc/client/evidence_test.go b/rpc/client/evidence_test.go
index a4ce2176b..170f087ce 100644
--- a/rpc/client/evidence_test.go
+++ b/rpc/client/evidence_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 )
 
+// For some reason the empty node used in tests has a time of
+// 2018-10-10 08:20:13.695936996 +0000 UTC
+// this is because the test genesis time is set here
+// so in order to validate evidence we need evidence to be the same time
+var defaultTestTime = time.Date(2018, 10, 10, 8, 20, 13, 695936996, time.UTC)
+
 func newEvidence(t *testing.T, val *privval.FilePV,
 	vote *types.Vote, vote2 *types.Vote,
 	chainID string) *types.DuplicateVoteEvidence {
@@ -35,7 +41,7 @@ func newEvidence(t *testing.T, val *privval.FilePV,
 	vote2.Signature, err = val.Key.PrivKey.Sign(types.VoteSignBytes(chainID, v2))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	return types.NewDuplicateVoteEvidence(vote, vote2)
+	return types.NewDuplicateVoteEvidence(vote, vote2, defaultTestTime)
 }
 
 func makeEvidences(
@@ -49,7 +55,7 @@ func makeEvidences(
 		Height:           1,
 		Round:            0,
 		Type:             tmproto.PrevoteType,
-		Timestamp:        time.Now().UTC(),
+		Timestamp:        defaultTestTime,
 		BlockID: types.BlockID{
 			Hash: tmhash.Sum([]byte("blockhash")),
 			PartSetHeader: types.PartSetHeader{
@@ -121,6 +127,8 @@ func TestBroadcastEvidence_DuplicateVoteEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, c := range GetClients() {
 		t.Logf("client %d", i)
 
+		t.Log(correct.Time())
+
 		result, err := c.BroadcastEvidence(correct)
 		require.NoError(t, err, "BroadcastEvidence(%s) failed", correct)
 		assert.Equal(t, correct.Hash(), result.Hash, "expected result hash to match evidence hash")
diff --git a/state/validation.go b/state/validation.go
index 6faa275d9..1a7230dc4 100644
--- a/state/validation.go
+++ b/state/validation.go
@@ -94,6 +94,21 @@ func validateBlock(evidencePool EvidencePool, stateDB dbm.DB, state State, block
 		}
 	}
 
+	// NOTE: We can't actually verify it's the right proposer because we dont
+	// know what round the block was first proposed. So just check that it's
+	// a legit address and a known validator.
+	if len(block.ProposerAddress) != crypto.AddressSize {
+		return fmt.Errorf("expected ProposerAddress size %d, got %d",
+			crypto.AddressSize,
+			len(block.ProposerAddress),
+		)
+	}
+	if !state.Validators.HasAddress(block.ProposerAddress) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("block.Header.ProposerAddress %X is not a validator",
+			block.ProposerAddress,
+		)
+	}
+
 	// Validate block Time
 	if block.Height > 1 {
 		if !block.Time.After(state.LastBlockTime) {
@@ -154,12 +169,12 @@ func validateBlock(evidencePool EvidencePool, stateDB dbm.DB, state State, block
 			return types.NewErrEvidenceInvalid(ev, errors.New("amnesia evidence is new and hasn't undergone trial period yet"))
 		}
 
-		var header *types.Header
-		if _, ok := ev.(*types.LunaticValidatorEvidence); ok {
-			header = evidencePool.Header(ev.Height())
-			if header == nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("don't have block meta at height #%d", ev.Height())
-			}
+		// A header needs to be fetched. For lunatic evidence this is so we can verify
+		// that some of the fields are different to the ones we have. For all evidence it
+		// it so we can verify that the time of the evidence is correct
+		header := evidencePool.Header(ev.Height())
+		if header == nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("don't have block meta at height #%d", ev.Height())
 		}
 
 		if err := VerifyEvidence(stateDB, state, ev, header); err != nil {
@@ -168,21 +183,6 @@ func validateBlock(evidencePool EvidencePool, stateDB dbm.DB, state State, block
 
 	}
 
-	// NOTE: We can't actually verify it's the right proposer because we dont
-	// know what round the block was first proposed. So just check that it's
-	// a legit address and a known validator.
-	if len(block.ProposerAddress) != crypto.AddressSize {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expected ProposerAddress size %d, got %d",
-			crypto.AddressSize,
-			len(block.ProposerAddress),
-		)
-	}
-	if !state.Validators.HasAddress(block.ProposerAddress) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("block.Header.ProposerAddress %X is not a validator",
-			block.ProposerAddress,
-		)
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -200,6 +200,13 @@ func VerifyEvidence(stateDB dbm.DB, state State, evidence types.Evidence, commit
 		ageNumBlocks = height - evidence.Height()
 	)
 
+	if committedHeader.Time != evidence.Time() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("evidence time (%v) is different to the time of the header we have for the same height (%v)",
+			evidence.Time(),
+			committedHeader.Time,
+		)
+	}
+
 	if ageDuration > evidenceParams.MaxAgeDuration && ageNumBlocks > evidenceParams.MaxAgeNumBlocks {
 		return fmt.Errorf(
 			"evidence from height %d (created at: %v) is too old; min height is %d and evidence can not be older than %v",
diff --git a/state/validation_test.go b/state/validation_test.go
index a6e4c3ee4..162f65888 100644
--- a/state/validation_test.go
+++ b/state/validation_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/crypto"
@@ -216,20 +217,32 @@ func TestValidateBlockEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 	defer proxyApp.Stop() //nolint:errcheck // ignore for tests
 
 	state, stateDB, privVals := makeState(4, 1)
+	defaultEvidenceTime := time.Date(2019, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+
+	evpool := &mocks.EvidencePool{}
+	evpool.On("IsPending", mock.AnythingOfType("*types.DuplicateVoteEvidence")).Return(false)
+	evpool.On("IsCommitted", mock.AnythingOfType("*types.DuplicateVoteEvidence")).Return(false)
+	evpool.On("Header", mock.AnythingOfType("int64")).Return(func(height int64) *types.Header {
+		return &types.Header{
+			Time:   defaultEvidenceTime,
+			Height: height,
+		}
+	})
+	evpool.On("Update", mock.AnythingOfType("*types.Block"), mock.AnythingOfType("state.State")).Return()
+
 	state.ConsensusParams.Evidence.MaxNum = 3
 	blockExec := sm.NewBlockExecutor(
 		stateDB,
 		log.TestingLogger(),
 		proxyApp.Consensus(),
 		memmock.Mempool{},
-		sm.MockEvidencePool{},
+		evpool,
 	)
 	lastCommit := types.NewCommit(0, 0, types.BlockID{}, nil)
 
 	for height := int64(1); height < validationTestsStopHeight; height++ {
 		proposerAddr := state.Validators.GetProposer().Address
 		maxNumEvidence := state.ConsensusParams.Evidence.MaxNum
-		t.Log(maxNumEvidence)
 		if height > 1 {
 			/*
 				A block with too much evidence fails
@@ -243,8 +256,10 @@ func TestValidateBlockEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			block, _ := state.MakeBlock(height, makeTxs(height), lastCommit, evidence, proposerAddr)
 			err := blockExec.ValidateBlock(state, block)
-			_, ok := err.(*types.ErrEvidenceOverflow)
-			require.True(t, ok, "expected error to be of type ErrEvidenceOverflow at height %d", height)
+			if assert.Error(t, err) {
+				_, ok := err.(*types.ErrEvidenceOverflow)
+				require.True(t, ok, "expected error to be of type ErrEvidenceOverflow at height %d but got %v", height, err)
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -256,7 +271,7 @@ func TestValidateBlockEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 		for i := int32(0); uint32(i) < maxNumEvidence; i++ {
 			// make different evidence for each validator
 			_, val := state.Validators.GetByIndex(i)
-			evidence = append(evidence, types.NewMockDuplicateVoteEvidenceWithValidator(height, time.Now(),
+			evidence = append(evidence, types.NewMockDuplicateVoteEvidenceWithValidator(height, defaultEvidenceTime,
 				privVals[val.Address.String()], chainID))
 		}
 
@@ -284,11 +299,14 @@ func TestValidateFailBlockOnCommittedEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 	ev2 := types.NewMockDuplicateVoteEvidenceWithValidator(height, defaultTestTime,
 		privVals[val2.Address.String()], chainID)
 
+	header := &types.Header{Time: defaultTestTime}
+
 	evpool := &mocks.EvidencePool{}
 	evpool.On("IsPending", ev).Return(false)
 	evpool.On("IsPending", ev2).Return(false)
 	evpool.On("IsCommitted", ev).Return(false)
 	evpool.On("IsCommitted", ev2).Return(true)
+	evpool.On("Header", height).Return(header)
 
 	blockExec := sm.NewBlockExecutor(
 		stateDB, log.TestingLogger(),
@@ -314,12 +332,14 @@ func TestValidateAlreadyPendingEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 		privVals[val.Address.String()], chainID)
 	ev2 := types.NewMockDuplicateVoteEvidenceWithValidator(height, defaultTestTime,
 		privVals[val2.Address.String()], chainID)
+	header := &types.Header{Time: defaultTestTime}
 
 	evpool := &mocks.EvidencePool{}
 	evpool.On("IsPending", ev).Return(false)
 	evpool.On("IsPending", ev2).Return(true)
 	evpool.On("IsCommitted", ev).Return(false)
 	evpool.On("IsCommitted", ev2).Return(false)
+	evpool.On("Header", height).Return(header)
 
 	blockExec := sm.NewBlockExecutor(
 		stateDB, log.TestingLogger(),
@@ -430,30 +450,30 @@ func TestValidatePrimedAmnesiaEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 	state, stateDB, vals := makeState(1, int(height))
 	addr, val := state.Validators.GetByIndex(0)
 	voteA := makeVote(height, 1, 0, addr, blockID)
-	voteA.Timestamp = time.Now().Add(1 * time.Minute)
+	voteA.Timestamp = defaultTestTime.Add(1 * time.Minute)
 	vA := voteA.ToProto()
 	err := vals[val.Address.String()].SignVote(chainID, vA)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	voteA.Signature = vA.Signature
 	voteB := makeVote(height, 2, 0, addr, differentBlockID)
+	voteB.Timestamp = defaultTestTime
 	vB := voteB.ToProto()
 	err = vals[val.Address.String()].SignVote(chainID, vB)
 	voteB.Signature = vB.Signature
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	pe := &types.PotentialAmnesiaEvidence{
-		VoteA: voteB,
-		VoteB: voteA,
-	}
+	pe := types.NewPotentialAmnesiaEvidence(voteB, voteA, defaultTestTime)
 	ae := &types.AmnesiaEvidence{
 		PotentialAmnesiaEvidence: pe,
 		Polc:                     types.NewEmptyPOLC(),
 	}
+	header := &types.Header{Time: defaultTestTime}
 
 	evpool := &mocks.EvidencePool{}
 	evpool.On("IsPending", ae).Return(false)
 	evpool.On("IsCommitted", ae).Return(false)
 	evpool.On("AddEvidence", ae).Return(nil)
 	evpool.On("AddEvidence", pe).Return(nil)
+	evpool.On("Header", height).Return(header)
 
 	blockExec := sm.NewBlockExecutor(
 		stateDB, log.TestingLogger(),
@@ -475,11 +495,19 @@ func TestVerifyEvidenceWrongAddress(t *testing.T) {
 	state, stateDB, _ := makeState(1, int(height))
 	ev := types.NewMockDuplicateVoteEvidence(height, defaultTestTime, chainID)
 
+	header := &types.Header{Time: defaultTestTime}
+
+	evpool := &mocks.EvidencePool{}
+	evpool.On("IsPending", ev).Return(false)
+	evpool.On("IsCommitted", ev).Return(false)
+	evpool.On("Header", height).Return(header)
+
 	blockExec := sm.NewBlockExecutor(
 		stateDB, log.TestingLogger(),
 		nil,
 		nil,
-		sm.MockEvidencePool{})
+		evpool,
+	)
 	// A block with a couple pieces of evidence passes.
 	block := makeBlock(state, height)
 	block.Evidence.Evidence = []types.Evidence{ev}
@@ -496,13 +524,26 @@ func TestVerifyEvidenceExpiredEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 	state, stateDB, _ := makeState(1, int(height))
 	state.ConsensusParams.Evidence.MaxAgeNumBlocks = 1
 	ev := types.NewMockDuplicateVoteEvidence(1, defaultTestTime, chainID)
-	err := sm.VerifyEvidence(stateDB, state, ev, nil)
+	err := sm.VerifyEvidence(stateDB, state, ev, &types.Header{Time: defaultTestTime})
 	errMsg := "evidence from height 1 (created at: 2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC) is too old"
 	if assert.Error(t, err) {
 		assert.Equal(t, err.Error()[:len(errMsg)], errMsg)
 	}
 }
 
+func TestVerifyEvidenceInvalidTime(t *testing.T) {
+	height := 4
+	state, stateDB, _ := makeState(1, height)
+	differentTime := time.Date(2019, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	ev := types.NewMockDuplicateVoteEvidence(int64(height), differentTime, chainID)
+	err := sm.VerifyEvidence(stateDB, state, ev, &types.Header{Time: defaultTestTime})
+	errMsg := "evidence time (2019-02-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC) is different to the time" +
+		" of the header we have for the same height (2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC)"
+	if assert.Error(t, err) {
+		assert.Equal(t, errMsg, err.Error())
+	}
+}
+
 func TestVerifyEvidenceWithAmnesiaEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 	var height int64 = 1
 	state, stateDB, vals := makeState(4, int(height))
@@ -518,6 +559,9 @@ func TestVerifyEvidenceWithAmnesiaEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 	err = vals[val.Address.String()].SignVote(chainID, vB)
 	voteB.Signature = vB.Signature
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	pae := types.NewPotentialAmnesiaEvidence(voteA, voteB, defaultTestTime)
+
 	voteC := makeVote(height, 2, 1, addr2, blockID)
 	vC := voteC.ToProto()
 	err = vals[val2.Address.String()].SignVote(chainID, vC)
@@ -525,16 +569,13 @@ func TestVerifyEvidenceWithAmnesiaEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	//var ae types.Evidence
 	badAe := &types.AmnesiaEvidence{
-		PotentialAmnesiaEvidence: &types.PotentialAmnesiaEvidence{
-			VoteA: voteA,
-			VoteB: voteB,
-		},
+		PotentialAmnesiaEvidence: pae,
 		Polc: &types.ProofOfLockChange{
 			Votes:  []*types.Vote{voteC},
 			PubKey: val.PubKey,
 		},
 	}
-	err = sm.VerifyEvidence(stateDB, state, badAe, nil)
+	err = sm.VerifyEvidence(stateDB, state, badAe, &types.Header{Time: defaultTestTime})
 	if assert.Error(t, err) {
 		assert.Equal(t, err.Error(), "amnesia evidence contains invalid polc, err: "+
 			"invalid commit -- insufficient voting power: got 1000, needed more than 2667")
@@ -553,26 +594,20 @@ func TestVerifyEvidenceWithAmnesiaEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	goodAe := &types.AmnesiaEvidence{
-		PotentialAmnesiaEvidence: &types.PotentialAmnesiaEvidence{
-			VoteA: voteA,
-			VoteB: voteB,
-		},
+		PotentialAmnesiaEvidence: pae,
 		Polc: &types.ProofOfLockChange{
 			Votes:  []*types.Vote{voteC, voteD, voteE},
 			PubKey: val.PubKey,
 		},
 	}
-	err = sm.VerifyEvidence(stateDB, state, goodAe, nil)
+	err = sm.VerifyEvidence(stateDB, state, goodAe, &types.Header{Time: defaultTestTime})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	goodAe = &types.AmnesiaEvidence{
-		PotentialAmnesiaEvidence: &types.PotentialAmnesiaEvidence{
-			VoteA: voteA,
-			VoteB: voteB,
-		},
-		Polc: types.NewEmptyPOLC(),
+		PotentialAmnesiaEvidence: pae,
+		Polc:                     types.NewEmptyPOLC(),
 	}
-	err = sm.VerifyEvidence(stateDB, state, goodAe, nil)
+	err = sm.VerifyEvidence(stateDB, state, goodAe, &types.Header{Time: defaultTestTime})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 }
@@ -608,11 +643,7 @@ func TestVerifyEvidenceWithLunaticValidatorEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 	err := vals[val.Address.String()].SignVote(chainID, v)
 	vote.Signature = v.Signature
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	ev := &types.LunaticValidatorEvidence{
-		Header:             h,
-		Vote:               vote,
-		InvalidHeaderField: "ConsensusHash",
-	}
+	ev := types.NewLunaticValidatorEvidence(h, vote, "ConsensusHash", defaultTestTime)
 	err = ev.ValidateBasic()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	err = sm.VerifyEvidence(stateDB, state, ev, h)
diff --git a/types/block_test.go b/types/block_test.go
index 7accf5b66..f6c5a03b8 100644
--- a/types/block_test.go
+++ b/types/block_test.go
@@ -644,7 +644,8 @@ func TestBlockProtoBuf(t *testing.T) {
 
 	b2 := MakeBlock(h, []Tx{Tx([]byte{1})}, c1, []Evidence{})
 	b2.ProposerAddress = tmrand.Bytes(crypto.AddressSize)
-	evi := NewMockDuplicateVoteEvidence(h, time.Now(), "block-test-chain")
+	evidenceTime := time.Date(2019, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	evi := NewMockDuplicateVoteEvidence(h, evidenceTime, "block-test-chain")
 	b2.Evidence = EvidenceData{Evidence: EvidenceList{evi}}
 	b2.EvidenceHash = b2.Evidence.Hash()
 
@@ -714,7 +715,7 @@ func TestEvidenceDataProtoBuf(t *testing.T) {
 	const chainID = "mychain"
 	v := makeVote(t, val, chainID, math.MaxInt32, math.MaxInt64, 1, 0x01, blockID, time.Now())
 	v2 := makeVote(t, val, chainID, math.MaxInt32, math.MaxInt64, 2, 0x01, blockID2, time.Now())
-	ev := NewDuplicateVoteEvidence(v2, v)
+	ev := NewDuplicateVoteEvidence(v2, v, v2.Timestamp)
 	data := &EvidenceData{Evidence: EvidenceList{ev}}
 	_ = data.Hash()
 	testCases := []struct {
diff --git a/types/evidence.go b/types/evidence.go
index b65ac9311..d5e9c042a 100644
--- a/types/evidence.go
+++ b/types/evidence.go
@@ -181,13 +181,15 @@ func init() {
 type DuplicateVoteEvidence struct {
 	VoteA *Vote `json:"vote_a"`
 	VoteB *Vote `json:"vote_b"`
+
+	Timestamp time.Time `json:"timestamp"`
 }
 
 var _ Evidence = &DuplicateVoteEvidence{}
 
 // NewDuplicateVoteEvidence creates DuplicateVoteEvidence with right ordering given
 // two conflicting votes. If one of the votes is nil, evidence returned is nil as well
-func NewDuplicateVoteEvidence(vote1 *Vote, vote2 *Vote) *DuplicateVoteEvidence {
+func NewDuplicateVoteEvidence(vote1, vote2 *Vote, time time.Time) *DuplicateVoteEvidence {
 	var voteA, voteB *Vote
 	if vote1 == nil || vote2 == nil {
 		return nil
@@ -202,13 +204,14 @@ func NewDuplicateVoteEvidence(vote1 *Vote, vote2 *Vote) *DuplicateVoteEvidence {
 	return &DuplicateVoteEvidence{
 		VoteA: voteA,
 		VoteB: voteB,
+
+		Timestamp: time,
 	}
 }
 
 // String returns a string representation of the evidence.
 func (dve *DuplicateVoteEvidence) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("DuplicateVoteEvidence{VoteA: %v, VoteB: %v}", dve.VoteA, dve.VoteB)
-
+	return fmt.Sprintf("DuplicateVoteEvidence{VoteA: %v, VoteB: %v, Time: %v}", dve.VoteA, dve.VoteB, dve.Timestamp)
 }
 
 // Height returns the height this evidence refers to.
@@ -218,7 +221,7 @@ func (dve *DuplicateVoteEvidence) Height() int64 {
 
 // Time returns time of the latest vote.
 func (dve *DuplicateVoteEvidence) Time() time.Time {
-	return maxTime(dve.VoteA.Timestamp, dve.VoteB.Timestamp)
+	return dve.Timestamp
 }
 
 // Address returns the address of the validator.
@@ -358,8 +361,9 @@ func (dve *DuplicateVoteEvidence) ToProto() *tmproto.DuplicateVoteEvidence {
 	voteB := dve.VoteB.ToProto()
 	voteA := dve.VoteA.ToProto()
 	tp := tmproto.DuplicateVoteEvidence{
-		VoteA: voteA,
-		VoteB: voteB,
+		VoteA:     voteA,
+		VoteB:     voteB,
+		Timestamp: dve.Timestamp,
 	}
 	return &tp
 }
@@ -379,10 +383,7 @@ func DuplicateVoteEvidenceFromProto(pb *tmproto.DuplicateVoteEvidence) (*Duplica
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	dve := new(DuplicateVoteEvidence)
-
-	dve.VoteA = vA
-	dve.VoteB = vB
+	dve := NewDuplicateVoteEvidence(vA, vB, pb.Timestamp)
 
 	return dve, dve.ValidateBasic()
 }
@@ -441,11 +442,12 @@ func (ev *ConflictingHeadersEvidence) Split(committedHeader *Header, valSet *Val
 			if sig.Absent() {
 				continue
 			}
-			evList = append(evList, &LunaticValidatorEvidence{
-				Header:             alternativeHeader.Header,
-				Vote:               alternativeHeader.Commit.GetVote(int32(i)),
-				InvalidHeaderField: invalidField,
-			})
+			evList = append(evList, NewLunaticValidatorEvidence(
+				alternativeHeader.Header,
+				alternativeHeader.Commit.GetVote(int32(i)),
+				invalidField,
+				committedHeader.Time, //take the time of our own trusted header
+			))
 		}
 		return evList
 	}
@@ -483,16 +485,17 @@ OUTER_LOOP:
 				// messages in both commits, then it is an equivocation misbehavior =>
 				// immediately slashable (#F1).
 				if ev.H1.Commit.Round == ev.H2.Commit.Round {
-					evList = append(evList, &DuplicateVoteEvidence{
-						VoteA: ev.H1.Commit.GetVote(int32(i)),
-						VoteB: ev.H2.Commit.GetVote(int32(j)),
-					})
+					evList = append(evList, NewDuplicateVoteEvidence(
+						ev.H1.Commit.GetVote(int32(i)),
+						ev.H2.Commit.GetVote(int32(j)),
+						ev.H1.Time,
+					))
 				} else {
 					// if H1.Round != H2.Round we need to run full detection procedure => not
 					// immediately slashable.
 					firstVote := ev.H1.Commit.GetVote(int32(i))
 					secondVote := ev.H2.Commit.GetVote(int32(j))
-					newEv := NewPotentialAmnesiaEvidence(firstVote, secondVote)
+					newEv := NewPotentialAmnesiaEvidence(firstVote, secondVote, committedHeader.Time)
 
 					// has the validator incorrectly voted for a previous round
 					if newEv.VoteA.Round > newEv.VoteB.Round {
@@ -671,16 +674,21 @@ type LunaticValidatorEvidence struct {
 	Header             *Header `json:"header"`
 	Vote               *Vote   `json:"vote"`
 	InvalidHeaderField string  `json:"invalid_header_field"`
+
+	Timestamp time.Time `json:"timestamp"`
 }
 
 var _ Evidence = &LunaticValidatorEvidence{}
 
 // NewLunaticValidatorEvidence creates a new instance of the respective evidence
-func NewLunaticValidatorEvidence(header *Header, vote *Vote, invalidHeaderField string) *LunaticValidatorEvidence {
+func NewLunaticValidatorEvidence(header *Header,
+	vote *Vote, invalidHeaderField string, time time.Time) *LunaticValidatorEvidence {
 	return &LunaticValidatorEvidence{
 		Header:             header,
 		Vote:               vote,
 		InvalidHeaderField: invalidHeaderField,
+
+		Timestamp: time,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -690,7 +698,7 @@ func (e *LunaticValidatorEvidence) Height() int64 {
 
 // Time returns the maximum between the header's time and vote's time.
 func (e *LunaticValidatorEvidence) Time() time.Time {
-	return maxTime(e.Header.Time, e.Vote.Timestamp)
+	return e.Timestamp
 }
 
 func (e *LunaticValidatorEvidence) Address() []byte {
@@ -839,6 +847,7 @@ func (e *LunaticValidatorEvidence) ToProto() *tmproto.LunaticValidatorEvidence {
 		Header:             h,
 		Vote:               v,
 		InvalidHeaderField: e.InvalidHeaderField,
+		Timestamp:          e.Timestamp,
 	}
 
 	return tp
@@ -863,6 +872,7 @@ func LunaticValidatorEvidenceFromProto(pb *tmproto.LunaticValidatorEvidence) (*L
 		Header:             &h,
 		Vote:               v,
 		InvalidHeaderField: pb.InvalidHeaderField,
+		Timestamp:          pb.Timestamp,
 	}
 
 	return &tp, tp.ValidateBasic()
@@ -880,20 +890,21 @@ type PotentialAmnesiaEvidence struct {
 	VoteB *Vote `json:"vote_b"`
 
 	HeightStamp int64
+	Timestamp   time.Time `json:"timestamp"`
 }
 
 var _ Evidence = &PotentialAmnesiaEvidence{}
 
 // NewPotentialAmnesiaEvidence creates a new instance of the evidence and orders the votes correctly
-func NewPotentialAmnesiaEvidence(voteA *Vote, voteB *Vote) *PotentialAmnesiaEvidence {
+func NewPotentialAmnesiaEvidence(voteA, voteB *Vote, time time.Time) *PotentialAmnesiaEvidence {
 	if voteA == nil || voteB == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	if voteA.Timestamp.Before(voteB.Timestamp) {
-		return &PotentialAmnesiaEvidence{VoteA: voteA, VoteB: voteB}
+		return &PotentialAmnesiaEvidence{VoteA: voteA, VoteB: voteB, Timestamp: time}
 	}
-	return &PotentialAmnesiaEvidence{VoteA: voteB, VoteB: voteA}
+	return &PotentialAmnesiaEvidence{VoteA: voteB, VoteB: voteA, Timestamp: time}
 }
 
 func (e *PotentialAmnesiaEvidence) Height() int64 {
@@ -901,7 +912,7 @@ func (e *PotentialAmnesiaEvidence) Height() int64 {
 }
 
 func (e *PotentialAmnesiaEvidence) Time() time.Time {
-	return e.VoteB.Timestamp
+	return e.Timestamp
 }
 
 func (e *PotentialAmnesiaEvidence) Address() []byte {
@@ -1057,6 +1068,7 @@ func (e *PotentialAmnesiaEvidence) ToProto() *tmproto.PotentialAmnesiaEvidence {
 		VoteA:       voteA,
 		VoteB:       voteB,
 		HeightStamp: e.HeightStamp,
+		Timestamp:   e.Timestamp,
 	}
 
 	return tp
@@ -1451,6 +1463,7 @@ func PotentialAmnesiaEvidenceFromProto(pb *tmproto.PotentialAmnesiaEvidence) (*P
 		VoteA:       voteA,
 		VoteB:       voteB,
 		HeightStamp: pb.GetHeightStamp(),
+		Timestamp:   pb.Timestamp,
 	}
 
 	return &tp, tp.ValidateBasic()
@@ -1534,8 +1547,7 @@ func NewMockDuplicateVoteEvidenceWithValidator(height int64, time time.Time,
 	vB := voteB.ToProto()
 	_ = pv.SignVote(chainID, vB)
 	voteB.Signature = vB.Signature
-	return NewDuplicateVoteEvidence(voteA, voteB)
-
+	return NewDuplicateVoteEvidence(voteA, voteB, time)
 }
 
 func makeMockVote(height int64, round, index int32, addr Address,
diff --git a/types/evidence_test.go b/types/evidence_test.go
index a6e16bc5f..fb6c6f196 100644
--- a/types/evidence_test.go
+++ b/types/evidence_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ type voteData struct {
 
 var defaultVoteTime = time.Date(2019, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
 
-func TestEvidence(t *testing.T) {
+func TestDuplicateVoteEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 	val := NewMockPV()
 	val2 := NewMockPV()
 
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ func TestEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 		ev := &DuplicateVoteEvidence{
 			VoteA: c.vote1,
 			VoteB: c.vote2,
+
+			Timestamp: defaultVoteTime,
 		}
 		if c.valid {
 			assert.Nil(t, ev.Verify(chainID, pubKey), "evidence should be valid")
@@ -74,19 +76,12 @@ func TestEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.NotNil(t, ev.Verify(chainID, pubKey), "evidence should be invalid")
 		}
 	}
-}
 
-func TestDuplicatedVoteEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 	ev := randomDuplicatedVoteEvidence(t)
 
 	assert.True(t, ev.Equal(ev))
 	assert.False(t, ev.Equal(&DuplicateVoteEvidence{}))
 
-	maxTime := ev.VoteB.Timestamp
-	if ev.VoteA.Timestamp.After(ev.VoteB.Timestamp) {
-		maxTime = ev.VoteA.Timestamp
-	}
-	assert.Equal(t, maxTime, ev.Time(), "expected time of the latest vote")
 }
 
 func TestEvidenceList(t *testing.T) {
@@ -187,7 +182,7 @@ func TestDuplicateVoteEvidenceValidation(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tc.testName, func(t *testing.T) {
 			vote1 := makeVote(t, val, chainID, math.MaxInt32, math.MaxInt64, math.MaxInt32, 0x02, blockID, defaultVoteTime)
 			vote2 := makeVote(t, val, chainID, math.MaxInt32, math.MaxInt64, math.MaxInt32, 0x02, blockID2, defaultVoteTime)
-			ev := NewDuplicateVoteEvidence(vote1, vote2)
+			ev := NewDuplicateVoteEvidence(vote1, vote2, vote1.Timestamp)
 			tc.malleateEvidence(ev)
 			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectErr, ev.ValidateBasic() != nil, "Validate Basic had an unexpected result")
 		})
@@ -220,11 +215,11 @@ func TestLunaticValidatorEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 
 	vote := makeVote(t, val, header.ChainID, 0, header.Height, 0, 2, blockID, defaultVoteTime)
 
-	ev := NewLunaticValidatorEvidence(header, vote, "AppHash")
+	ev := NewLunaticValidatorEvidence(header, vote, "AppHash", bTime)
 
 	//happy path
 	assert.Equal(t, header.Height, ev.Height())
-	assert.Equal(t, defaultVoteTime, ev.Time())
+	assert.Equal(t, bTime, ev.Time())
 	assert.EqualValues(t, vote.ValidatorAddress, ev.Address())
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, ev.Hash())
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, ev.Bytes())
@@ -248,12 +243,12 @@ func TestLunaticValidatorEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 	emptyBlockVote := makeVote(t, val, header.ChainID, 0, header.Height, 0, 2, BlockID{}, defaultVoteTime)
 
 	invalidLunaticEvidence := []*LunaticValidatorEvidence{
-		NewLunaticValidatorEvidence(header, invalidVote, "AppHash"),
-		NewLunaticValidatorEvidence(header, invalidHeightVote, "AppHash"),
-		NewLunaticValidatorEvidence(nil, vote, "AppHash"),
-		NewLunaticValidatorEvidence(header, nil, "AppHash"),
-		NewLunaticValidatorEvidence(header, vote, "other"),
-		NewLunaticValidatorEvidence(header, emptyBlockVote, "AppHash"),
+		NewLunaticValidatorEvidence(header, invalidVote, "AppHash", header.Time),
+		NewLunaticValidatorEvidence(header, invalidHeightVote, "AppHash", header.Time),
+		NewLunaticValidatorEvidence(nil, vote, "AppHash", vote.Timestamp),
+		NewLunaticValidatorEvidence(header, nil, "AppHash", header.Time),
+		NewLunaticValidatorEvidence(header, vote, "other", header.Time),
+		NewLunaticValidatorEvidence(header, emptyBlockVote, "AppHash", header.Time),
 	}
 
 	for idx, ev := range invalidLunaticEvidence {
@@ -348,10 +343,10 @@ func TestPotentialAmnesiaEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 		vote3    = makeVote(t, val, chainID, 0, height, 2, 2, blockID, defaultVoteTime)
 	)
 
-	ev := NewPotentialAmnesiaEvidence(vote1, vote2)
+	ev := NewPotentialAmnesiaEvidence(vote1, vote2, vote1.Timestamp)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, height, ev.Height())
-	assert.Equal(t, vote2.Timestamp, ev.Time())
+	assert.Equal(t, vote1.Timestamp, ev.Time())
 	assert.EqualValues(t, vote1.ValidatorAddress, ev.Address())
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, ev.Hash())
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, ev.Bytes())
@@ -375,7 +370,7 @@ func TestPotentialAmnesiaEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, ev.Equal(ev2))
 	assert.Equal(t, ev.Hash(), ev2.Hash())
 
-	ev3 := NewPotentialAmnesiaEvidence(vote2, vote1)
+	ev3 := NewPotentialAmnesiaEvidence(vote2, vote1, vote1.Timestamp)
 	assert.True(t, ev3.Equal(ev))
 
 	ev4 := &PotentialAmnesiaEvidence{
diff --git a/types/vote.go b/types/vote.go
index 355e8131b..0f8ea9a18 100644
--- a/types/vote.go
+++ b/types/vote.go
@@ -29,16 +29,18 @@ var (
 )
 
 type ErrVoteConflictingVotes struct {
-	*DuplicateVoteEvidence
+	VoteA *Vote
+	VoteB *Vote
 }
 
 func (err *ErrVoteConflictingVotes) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("conflicting votes from validator %X", err.VoteA.ValidatorAddress)
 }
 
-func NewConflictingVoteError(val *Validator, vote1, vote2 *Vote) *ErrVoteConflictingVotes {
+func NewConflictingVoteError(vote1, vote2 *Vote) *ErrVoteConflictingVotes {
 	return &ErrVoteConflictingVotes{
-		NewDuplicateVoteEvidence(vote1, vote2),
+		VoteA: vote1,
+		VoteB: vote2,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/types/vote_set.go b/types/vote_set.go
index bf72b18cb..42bde9856 100644
--- a/types/vote_set.go
+++ b/types/vote_set.go
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func (voteSet *VoteSet) addVote(vote *Vote) (added bool, err error) {
 	// Add vote and get conflicting vote if any.
 	added, conflicting := voteSet.addVerifiedVote(vote, blockKey, val.VotingPower)
 	if conflicting != nil {
-		return added, NewConflictingVoteError(val, conflicting, vote)
+		return added, NewConflictingVoteError(conflicting, vote)
 	}
 	if !added {
 		panic("Expected to add non-conflicting vote")