diff --git a/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/persistence/DbToModelMapper.scala b/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/persistence/DbToModelMapper.scala
index 5129fad223..143884fce6 100644
--- a/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/persistence/DbToModelMapper.scala
+++ b/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/persistence/DbToModelMapper.scala
@@ -2,22 +2,12 @@ package cool.graph.deploy.database.persistence
 
 import cool.graph.deploy.database.tables.{Migration, Project}
 import cool.graph.shared.models
-import cool.graph.shared.models.{MigrationStep, Schema, Function}
+import cool.graph.shared.models.{MigrationStep, Schema}
 
 object DbToModelMapper {
   import cool.graph.shared.models.MigrationStepsJsonFormatter._
   import cool.graph.shared.models.ProjectJsonFormatter._
 
-//  def convert(migration: Migration): models.Project = {
-//    val projectModel = migration.schema.as[models.Project]
-//    projectModel.copy(revision = migration.revision)
-//  }
-
-//  def convert(project: Project, migration: Migration): models.Project = {
-//    val projectModel = migration.schema.as[models.Project]
-//    projectModel.copy(revision = migration.revision)
-//  }
-
   def convert(project: Project, migration: Migration): models.Project = {
     models.Project(
       id = project.id,
@@ -42,7 +32,9 @@ object DbToModelMapper {
       applied = migration.applied,
       rolledBack = migration.rolledBack,
       steps = migration.steps.as[Vector[MigrationStep]],
-      errors = migration.errors.as[Vector[String]]
+      errors = migration.errors.as[Vector[String]],
+      startedAt = migration.startedAt,
+      finishedAt = migration.finishedAt
     )
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/persistence/MigrationPersistence.scala b/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/persistence/MigrationPersistence.scala
index 4a82e0d8d0..094738bfcc 100644
--- a/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/persistence/MigrationPersistence.scala
+++ b/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/persistence/MigrationPersistence.scala
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cool.graph.deploy.database.persistence
 
 import cool.graph.shared.models.{Migration, MigrationId}
 import cool.graph.shared.models.MigrationStatus.MigrationStatus
+import org.joda.time.DateTime
 
 import scala.concurrent.Future
 
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ trait MigrationPersistence {
   def updateMigrationErrors(id: MigrationId, errors: Vector[String]): Future[Unit]
   def updateMigrationApplied(id: MigrationId, applied: Int): Future[Unit]
   def updateMigrationRolledBack(id: MigrationId, rolledBack: Int): Future[Unit]
+  def updateStartedAt(id: MigrationId, startedAt: DateTime): Future[Unit]
+  def updateFinishedAt(id: MigrationId, finishedAt: DateTime): Future[Unit]
 
   def loadDistinctUnmigratedProjectIds(): Future[Seq[String]]
 }
diff --git a/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/persistence/MigrationPersistenceImpl.scala b/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/persistence/MigrationPersistenceImpl.scala
index 894b906002..cc1d25941c 100644
--- a/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/persistence/MigrationPersistenceImpl.scala
+++ b/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/persistence/MigrationPersistenceImpl.scala
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import cool.graph.deploy.database.tables.{MigrationTable, Tables}
 import cool.graph.shared.models.{Migration, MigrationId}
 import cool.graph.shared.models.MigrationStatus.MigrationStatus
 import cool.graph.utils.future.FutureUtils.FutureOpt
+import org.joda.time.DateTime
 import play.api.libs.json.Json
 import slick.jdbc.MySQLProfile.api._
 import slick.jdbc.MySQLProfile.backend.DatabaseDef
@@ -62,6 +63,14 @@ case class MigrationPersistenceImpl(
     internalDatabase.run(MigrationTable.updateMigrationRolledBack(id.projectId, id.revision, rolledBack)).map(_ => ())
   }
 
+  override def updateStartedAt(id: MigrationId, startedAt: DateTime): Future[Unit] = {
+    internalDatabase.run(MigrationTable.updateStartedAt(id.projectId, id.revision, startedAt)).map(_ => ())
+  }
+
+  override def updateFinishedAt(id: MigrationId, finishedAt: DateTime): Future[Unit] = {
+    internalDatabase.run(MigrationTable.updateFinishedAt(id.projectId, id.revision, finishedAt)).map(_ => ())
+  }
+
   override def getLastMigration(projectId: String): Future[Option[Migration]] = {
     FutureOpt(internalDatabase.run(MigrationTable.lastSuccessfulMigration(projectId))).map(DbToModelMapper.convert).future
   }
diff --git a/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/persistence/ModelToDbMapper.scala b/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/persistence/ModelToDbMapper.scala
index 1f0615c0c9..a6a096e7f1 100644
--- a/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/persistence/ModelToDbMapper.scala
+++ b/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/persistence/ModelToDbMapper.scala
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ object ModelToDbMapper {
       applied = migration.applied,
       rolledBack = migration.rolledBack,
       steps = migrationStepsJson,
-      errors = errorsJson
+      errors = errorsJson,
+      startedAt = migration.startedAt,
+      finishedAt = migration.finishedAt
     )
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/schema/InternalDatabaseSchema.scala b/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/schema/InternalDatabaseSchema.scala
index f7b3affffc..e7f53b8804 100644
--- a/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/schema/InternalDatabaseSchema.scala
+++ b/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/schema/InternalDatabaseSchema.scala
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ object InternalDatabaseSchema {
         `rolledBack` int NOT NULL default 0,
         `steps` mediumtext COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT NULL,
         `errors` mediumtext COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT NULL,
+        `startedAt` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
+        `finishedAt` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
         PRIMARY KEY (`projectId`, `revision`),
         CONSTRAINT `migrations_projectid_foreign` FOREIGN KEY (`projectId`) REFERENCES `Project` (`id`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE
       ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_unicode_ci;""",
diff --git a/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/tables/Migration.scala b/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/tables/Migration.scala
index 25cfd63641..0f8649ae75 100644
--- a/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/tables/Migration.scala
+++ b/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/tables/Migration.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package cool.graph.deploy.database.tables
 
+import com.github.tototoshi.slick.MySQLJodaSupport
 import cool.graph.shared.models.MigrationStatus
 import cool.graph.shared.models.MigrationStatus.MigrationStatus
+import org.joda.time.DateTime
 import play.api.libs.json.JsValue
 import slick.dbio.Effect.{Read, Write}
 import slick.jdbc.MySQLProfile.api._
@@ -16,12 +18,15 @@ case class Migration(
     applied: Int,
     rolledBack: Int,
     steps: JsValue,
-    errors: JsValue
+    errors: JsValue,
+    startedAt: Option[DateTime],
+    finishedAt: Option[DateTime]
 )
 
 class MigrationTable(tag: Tag) extends Table[Migration](tag, "Migration") {
   implicit val statusMapper = MigrationTable.statusMapper
   implicit val jsonMapper   = MigrationTable.jsonMapper
+  implicit val jodaMapper   = MySQLJodaSupport.datetimeTypeMapper
 
   def projectId  = column[String]("projectId")
   def revision   = column[Int]("revision")
@@ -32,13 +37,16 @@ class MigrationTable(tag: Tag) extends Table[Migration](tag, "Migration") {
   def rolledBack = column[Int]("rolledBack")
   def steps      = column[JsValue]("steps")
   def errors     = column[JsValue]("errors")
+  def startedAt  = column[Option[DateTime]]("startedAt")
+  def finishedAt = column[Option[DateTime]]("finishedAt")
 
   def migration = foreignKey("migrations_projectid_foreign", projectId, Tables.Projects)(_.id)
-  def *         = (projectId, revision, schema, functions, status, applied, rolledBack, steps, errors) <> (Migration.tupled, Migration.unapply)
+  def *         = (projectId, revision, schema, functions, status, applied, rolledBack, steps, errors, startedAt, finishedAt) <> (Migration.tupled, Migration.unapply)
 }
 
 object MigrationTable {
   implicit val jsonMapper = MappedColumns.jsonMapper
+  implicit val jodaMapper = MySQLJodaSupport.datetimeTypeMapper
   implicit val statusMapper = MappedColumnType.base[MigrationStatus, String](
     _.toString,
     MigrationStatus.withName
@@ -100,6 +108,14 @@ object MigrationTable {
     updateBaseQuery(projectId, revision).map(_.rolledBack).update(rolledBack)
   }
 
+  def updateStartedAt(projectId: String, revision: Int, startedAt: DateTime) = {
+    updateBaseQuery(projectId, revision).map(_.startedAt).update(Some(startedAt))
+  }
+
+  def updateFinishedAt(projectId: String, revision: Int, finishedAt: DateTime) = {
+    updateBaseQuery(projectId, revision).map(_.finishedAt).update(Some(finishedAt))
+  }
+
   def loadByRevision(projectId: String, revision: Int): SqlAction[Option[Migration], NoStream, Read] = {
     val baseQuery = for {
       migration <- Tables.Migrations
diff --git a/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/migration/migrator/MigrationApplier.scala b/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/migration/migrator/MigrationApplier.scala
index e7dc5c7e39..025f9c7e52 100644
--- a/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/migration/migrator/MigrationApplier.scala
+++ b/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/migration/migrator/MigrationApplier.scala
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import cool.graph.deploy.migration.MigrationStepMapper
 import cool.graph.deploy.migration.mutactions.ClientSqlMutaction
 import cool.graph.shared.models.{Migration, MigrationStatus, MigrationStep, Schema}
 import cool.graph.utils.exceptions.StackTraceUtils
+import org.joda.time.DateTime
 import slick.jdbc.MySQLProfile.backend.DatabaseDef
 
 import scala.concurrent.{ExecutionContext, Future}
@@ -27,7 +28,9 @@ case class MigrationApplierImpl(
       _         <- Future.unit
       nextState = if (migration.status == MigrationStatus.Pending) MigrationStatus.InProgress else migration.status
       _         <- migrationPersistence.updateMigrationStatus(migration.id, nextState)
+      _         <- migrationPersistence.updateStartedAt(migration.id, DateTime.now())
       result    <- startRecurse(previousSchema, migration)
+      _         <- migrationPersistence.updateFinishedAt(migration.id, DateTime.now())
     } yield result
   }
 
diff --git a/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/schema/CustomScalarTypes.scala b/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/schema/CustomScalarTypes.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd9f5746f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/schema/CustomScalarTypes.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package cool.graph.deploy.schema
+
+import org.joda.time.{DateTime, DateTimeZone}
+import sangria.ast
+import sangria.schema.ScalarType
+import sangria.validation.ValueCoercionViolation
+
+import scala.util.{Failure, Success, Try}
+
+object CustomScalarTypes {
+  case object DateCoercionViolation extends ValueCoercionViolation("Date value expected")
+
+  def parseDate(s: String) = Try(new DateTime(s, DateTimeZone.UTC)) match {
+    case Success(date) ⇒ Right(date)
+    case Failure(_)    ⇒ Left(DateCoercionViolation)
+  }
+
+  val DateTimeType =
+    ScalarType[DateTime](
+      "DateTime",
+      coerceOutput = (d, caps) => {
+        d.toDateTime
+      },
+      coerceUserInput = {
+        case s: String ⇒ parseDate(s)
+        case _         ⇒ Left(DateCoercionViolation)
+      },
+      coerceInput = {
+        case ast.StringValue(s, _, _, _, _) ⇒ parseDate(s)
+        case _                              ⇒ Left(DateCoercionViolation)
+      }
+    )
+
+}
diff --git a/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/schema/types/MigrationType.scala b/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/schema/types/MigrationType.scala
index 57b0612f34..6296c41f30 100644
--- a/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/schema/types/MigrationType.scala
+++ b/server/deploy/src/main/scala/cool/graph/deploy/schema/types/MigrationType.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package cool.graph.deploy.schema.types
 
-import cool.graph.deploy.schema.SystemUserContext
+import cool.graph.deploy.schema.{CustomScalarTypes, SystemUserContext}
 import cool.graph.shared.models
 import sangria.schema._
 
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ object MigrationType {
       Field("applied", IntType, resolve = _.value.applied),
       Field("rolledBack", IntType, resolve = _.value.rolledBack),
       Field("steps", ListType(MigrationStepType.Type), resolve = _.value.steps),
-      Field("errors", ListType(StringType), resolve = _.value.errors)
+      Field("errors", ListType(StringType), resolve = _.value.errors),
+      Field("startedAt", OptionType(CustomScalarTypes.DateTimeType), resolve = _.value.startedAt),
+      Field("finishedAt", OptionType(CustomScalarTypes.DateTimeType), resolve = _.value.finishedAt)
     )
   )
 }
diff --git a/server/deploy/src/test/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/persistence/MigrationPersistenceImplSpec.scala b/server/deploy/src/test/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/persistence/MigrationPersistenceImplSpec.scala
index f4c1fc3c3b..a0cef41ce8 100644
--- a/server/deploy/src/test/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/persistence/MigrationPersistenceImplSpec.scala
+++ b/server/deploy/src/test/scala/cool/graph/deploy/database/persistence/MigrationPersistenceImplSpec.scala
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cool.graph.deploy.database.persistence
 import cool.graph.deploy.database.tables.Tables
 import cool.graph.deploy.specutils.{DeploySpecBase, TestProject}
 import cool.graph.shared.models._
+import org.joda.time.DateTime
 import org.scalatest.{FlatSpec, Matchers}
 import slick.jdbc.MySQLProfile.api._
 
@@ -110,6 +111,28 @@ class MigrationPersistenceImplSpec extends FlatSpec with Matchers with DeploySpe
     reloadedMigration.rolledBack shouldEqual 1
   }
 
+  ".updateMigrationStartedAt()" should "update the migration startedAt timestamp correctly" in {
+    val (project, _)     = setupProject(basicTypesGql)
+    val createdMigration = migrationPersistence.create(Migration.empty(project.id)).await
+    val time             = DateTime.now()
+
+    migrationPersistence.updateStartedAt(createdMigration.id, time).await
+
+    val reloadedMigration = migrationPersistence.byId(createdMigration.id).await.get
+    reloadedMigration.startedAt.isDefined shouldEqual true // some bug causes mysql timstamps to be off by a margin, equal is broken
+  }
+
+  ".updateMigrationFinishedAt()" should "update the migration finishedAt timestamp correctly" in {
+    val (project, _)     = setupProject(basicTypesGql)
+    val createdMigration = migrationPersistence.create(Migration.empty(project.id)).await
+    val time             = DateTime.now()
+
+    migrationPersistence.updateFinishedAt(createdMigration.id, time).await
+
+    val reloadedMigration = migrationPersistence.byId(createdMigration.id).await.get
+    reloadedMigration.finishedAt.isDefined shouldEqual true // some bug causes mysql timstamps to be off by a margin, equal is broken
+  }
+
   ".getLastMigration()" should "get the last migration applied to a project" in {
     val (project, _) = setupProject(basicTypesGql)
     migrationPersistence.getLastMigration(project.id).await.get.revision shouldEqual 2
diff --git a/server/deploy/src/test/scala/cool/graph/deploy/migration/migrator/MigrationApplierSpec.scala b/server/deploy/src/test/scala/cool/graph/deploy/migration/migrator/MigrationApplierSpec.scala
index c48b7e14a2..36fcbc8ef4 100644
--- a/server/deploy/src/test/scala/cool/graph/deploy/migration/migrator/MigrationApplierSpec.scala
+++ b/server/deploy/src/test/scala/cool/graph/deploy/migration/migrator/MigrationApplierSpec.scala
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ class MigrationApplierSpec extends FlatSpec with Matchers with DeploySpecBase wi
     persisted.status should be(MigrationStatus.Success)
     persisted.applied should be(migration.steps.size)
     persisted.rolledBack should be(0)
+    persisted.startedAt.isDefined shouldEqual true
+    persisted.finishedAt.isDefined shouldEqual true
   }
 
   "the applier" should "mark a migration as ROLLBACK_SUCCESS if all steps can be rolled back successfully" in {
diff --git a/server/shared-models/src/main/scala/cool/graph/shared/models/Migration.scala b/server/shared-models/src/main/scala/cool/graph/shared/models/Migration.scala
index 8149eebdd0..52b3389278 100644
--- a/server/shared-models/src/main/scala/cool/graph/shared/models/Migration.scala
+++ b/server/shared-models/src/main/scala/cool/graph/shared/models/Migration.scala
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 package cool.graph.shared.models
 
 import cool.graph.shared.models.MigrationStatus.MigrationStatus
-
-//case class UnappliedMigration(
-//    previousProject: Project,
-//    nextProject: Project,
-//    migration: Migration
-//)
+import org.joda.time.DateTime
 
 case class MigrationId(projectId: String, revision: Int)
 
@@ -19,7 +14,9 @@ case class Migration(
     applied: Int,
     rolledBack: Int,
     steps: Vector[MigrationStep],
-    errors: Vector[String]
+    errors: Vector[String],
+    startedAt: Option[DateTime] = None,
+    finishedAt: Option[DateTime] = None
 ) {
   def id: MigrationId                             = MigrationId(projectId, revision)
   def isRollingBack: Boolean                      = status == MigrationStatus.RollingBack