diff --git a/server/db/accessor.go b/server/db/accessor.go
index 9d8d126..4db6e1b 100644
--- a/server/db/accessor.go
+++ b/server/db/accessor.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type InitialBlocksResult struct {
 type DBAccessor interface {
 	Migrate() error
 
+	GetTimestamp() (int64, error)
 	FindBlocksByMtime(gtmtime int64, limit int) ([]*Block, error)
 	FindNextInitialBlocks(s settings.Settings, layers []*layer.Layer, limit int) (*InitialBlocksResult, error)
 	GetBlock(pos *coords.MapBlockCoords) (*Block, error)
diff --git a/server/db/postgres/postgres.go b/server/db/postgres/postgres.go
index 5ef374e..0066f36 100644
--- a/server/db/postgres/postgres.go
+++ b/server/db/postgres/postgres.go
@@ -91,6 +91,28 @@ func (this *PostgresAccessor) CountBlocks(frommtime, tomtime int64) (int, error)
 	return 0, nil
 }
 
+func (db *PostgresAccessor) GetTimestamp() (int64, error) {
+	rows, err := db.db.Query(getTimestampQuery)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	defer rows.Close()
+
+	if rows.Next() {
+		var ts int64
+
+		err = rows.Scan(&ts)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+
+		return ts, nil
+	}
+
+	return 0, nil
+}
+
 func (this *PostgresAccessor) GetBlock(pos *coords.MapBlockCoords) (*db.Block, error) {
 	rows, err := this.db.Query(getBlockQuery, pos.X, pos.Y, pos.Z)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/server/db/postgres/sql.go b/server/db/postgres/sql.go
index e3509cf..9cc3147 100644
--- a/server/db/postgres/sql.go
+++ b/server/db/postgres/sql.go
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ const countBlocksQuery = `
 select count(*) from blocks where mtime >= $1 and mtime <= $2
 `
 
+const getTimestampQuery = `
+select floor(EXTRACT(EPOCH from now()) * 1000)
+`
+
 const getBlockQuery = `
 select posx,posy,posz,data,mtime from blocks b
 where b.posx = $1
diff --git a/server/db/sqlite/sql.go b/server/db/sqlite/sql.go
index a923fd2..02105dc 100644
--- a/server/db/sqlite/sql.go
+++ b/server/db/sqlite/sql.go
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ select count(*) from blocks b
 const getBlockQuery = `
 select pos,data,mtime from blocks b where b.pos = ?
 `
+
+const getTimestampQuery = `
+select strftime('%s', 'now')
+`
diff --git a/server/db/sqlite/sqlite.go b/server/db/sqlite/sqlite.go
index 3259169..98cd9c7 100644
--- a/server/db/sqlite/sqlite.go
+++ b/server/db/sqlite/sqlite.go
@@ -106,6 +106,28 @@ func (db *Sqlite3Accessor) CountBlocks() (int, error) {
 	return 0, nil
 }
 
+func (db *Sqlite3Accessor) GetTimestamp() (int64, error) {
+	rows, err := db.db.Query(getTimestampQuery)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	defer rows.Close()
+
+	if rows.Next() {
+		var ts int64
+
+		err = rows.Scan(&ts)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+
+		return ts, nil
+	}
+
+	return 0, nil
+}
+
 func (db *Sqlite3Accessor) GetBlock(pos *coords.MapBlockCoords) (*db.Block, error) {
 	ppos := coords.CoordToPlain(pos)
 
diff --git a/server/db/sqlite/sqlite_test.go b/server/db/sqlite/sqlite_test.go
index e253956..79683b7 100644
--- a/server/db/sqlite/sqlite_test.go
+++ b/server/db/sqlite/sqlite_test.go
@@ -103,3 +103,31 @@ func TestMigrateAndQueryCount(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("zero count")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestMigrateAndQueryTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
+	tmpfile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "TestMigrateAndQueryStride.*.sqlite")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(tmpfile.Name())
+
+	testutils.CreateTestDatabase(tmpfile.Name())
+	a, err := New(tmpfile.Name())
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	err = a.Migrate()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	count, err := a.GetTimestamp()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	if count <= 0 {
+		t.Fatal("zero count")
+	}
+}