diff --git a/satellite/metabase/db.go b/satellite/metabase/db.go
index 34c0b47fd..3f09fee7f 100644
--- a/satellite/metabase/db.go
+++ b/satellite/metabase/db.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
+	"time"
 
 	_ "github.com/jackc/pgx/v4"        // registers pgx as a tagsql driver.
 	_ "github.com/jackc/pgx/v4/stdlib" // registers pgx as a tagsql driver.
@@ -415,3 +416,10 @@ func (pq postgresRebind) Rebind(sql string) string {
 
 	return string(out)
 }
+
+// Now returns time on the database.
+func (db *DB) Now(ctx context.Context) (time.Time, error) {
+	var t time.Time
+	err := db.db.QueryRowContext(ctx, `SELECT now()`).Scan(&t)
+	return t, Error.Wrap(err)
+}
diff --git a/satellite/metabase/db_migrate_test.go b/satellite/metabase/db_test.go
similarity index 92%
rename from satellite/metabase/db_migrate_test.go
rename to satellite/metabase/db_test.go
index 430c23653..c43ed1cd3 100644
--- a/satellite/metabase/db_migrate_test.go
+++ b/satellite/metabase/db_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package metabase_test
 import (
 	"sort"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zaptest"
@@ -116,3 +117,12 @@ func TestMigrateToAliases(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNow(t *testing.T) {
+	metabasetest.Run(t, func(ctx *testcontext.Context, t *testing.T, db *metabase.DB) {
+		sysnow := time.Now()
+		now, err := db.Now(ctx)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.WithinDuration(t, sysnow, now, 5*time.Second)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/satellite/metabase/metaloop/service.go b/satellite/metabase/metaloop/service.go
index 1ec9df04d..07ea53ca7 100644
--- a/satellite/metabase/metaloop/service.go
+++ b/satellite/metabase/metaloop/service.go
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ type Config struct {
 
 // MetabaseDB contains iterators for the metabase data.
 type MetabaseDB interface {
+	// Now returns the time on the database.
+	Now(ctx context.Context) (time.Time, error)
 	// IterateLoopObjects iterates through all objects in metabase for metainfo loop purpose.
 	IterateLoopObjects(ctx context.Context, opts metabase.IterateLoopObjects, fn func(context.Context, metabase.LoopObjectsIterator) error) (err error)
 	// IterateLoopStreams iterates through all streams passed in as arguments.
@@ -372,7 +374,10 @@ func iterateObjects(ctx context.Context, metabaseDB MetabaseDB, observers []*obs
 		limit = batchsizeLimit
 	}
 
-	startingTime := time.Now()
+	startingTime, err := metabaseDB.Now(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return observers, Error.Wrap(err)
+	}
 
 	noObserversErr := errs.New("no observers")
 
diff --git a/satellite/metainfo/config.go b/satellite/metainfo/config.go
index f1a3eb0b9..0aa8fc977 100644
--- a/satellite/metainfo/config.go
+++ b/satellite/metainfo/config.go
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ type Config struct {
 type MetabaseDB interface {
 	io.Closer
 
+	// Now returns time on the database.
+	Now(ctx context.Context) (time.Time, error)
+
 	// MigrateToLatest migrates to latest schema version.
 	MigrateToLatest(ctx context.Context) error
 	// CheckVersion checks the database is the correct version