diff --git a/source/lib/StatusBoard/Incident.class.php b/source/lib/StatusBoard/Incident.class.php
index c32ab05..e7fb4d8 100644
--- a/source/lib/StatusBoard/Incident.class.php
+++ b/source/lib/StatusBoard/Incident.class.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class StatusBoard_Incident extends StatusBoard_DatabaseObject {
         $new_incident->actual_end_time = null;
         
         $new_incident->create();
-        $new_incident->changeStatus($status, 'Initial Classification');
+        $new_incident->changeStatus($status, 'Initial Classification', $start_time);
         
         return $new_incident;
     }
@@ -159,12 +159,12 @@ class StatusBoard_Incident extends StatusBoard_DatabaseObject {
         return $this->statuses;
     }
     
-    public function changeStatus($status, $description) {
+    public function changeStatus($status, $description, $start_time = null) {
         if ($this->statuses === null) {
             $this->statuses = StatusBoard_IncidentStatus::allFor('incident', $this->id);
         }
         
-        $new_status = StatusBoard_IncidentStatus::newForIncident($this, $status, $description);
+        $new_status = StatusBoard_IncidentStatus::newForIncident($this, $status, $description, $start_time);
         $this->statuses[] = $new_status;
         
         return $new_status;
diff --git a/source/lib/StatusBoard/IncidentStatus.class.php b/source/lib/StatusBoard/IncidentStatus.class.php
index a95072c..f7ecf0b 100644
--- a/source/lib/StatusBoard/IncidentStatus.class.php
+++ b/source/lib/StatusBoard/IncidentStatus.class.php
@@ -14,12 +14,16 @@ class StatusBoard_IncidentStatus extends StatusBoard_DatabaseObject {
         return static::all_for('incident', $incident->id);
     }
     
-    public function newForIncident(StatusBoard_Incident $incident, $status, $description) {
+    public function newForIncident(StatusBoard_Incident $incident, $status, $description, $ctime = null) {
+        if ($ctime === null) {
+            $ctime = time();
+        }
+        
         $new_status = new self();
         $new_status->incident = $incident->id;
         $new_status->status = $status;
         $new_status->description = $description;
-        $new_status->ctime = time();
+        $new_status->ctime = $ctime;
         
         $new_status->create();