diff --git a/.changelog/12352.txt b/.changelog/12352.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..688a1a9ba544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/12352.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+csi: Fixed a bug where volume snapshot timestamps were always zero values
+```
diff --git a/command/volume_snapshot_list.go b/command/volume_snapshot_list.go
index 814081aaab32..1da460b7d6f8 100644
--- a/command/volume_snapshot_list.go
+++ b/command/volume_snapshot_list.go
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func csiFormatSnapshots(snapshots []*api.CSISnapshot, verbose bool) string {
 			v.ID,
 			limit(v.ExternalSourceVolumeID, length),
 			humanize.IBytes(uint64(v.SizeBytes)),
-			formatUnixNanoTime(v.CreateTime),
+			formatUnixNanoTime(v.CreateTime*1000000000), // this time is in seconds
 			v.IsReady,
 		))
 	}
diff --git a/nomad/csi_endpoint_test.go b/nomad/csi_endpoint_test.go
index 6e91c4e7873e..1ed2e8f6172b 100644
--- a/nomad/csi_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/nomad/csi_endpoint_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	msgpackrpc "github.com/hashicorp/net-rpc-msgpackrpc"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/acl"
@@ -1322,12 +1323,15 @@ func TestCSIVolumeEndpoint_CreateSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 
 	testutil.WaitForLeader(t, srv.RPC)
 
+	now := time.Now()
+
 	fake := newMockClientCSI()
 	fake.NextCreateSnapshotError = nil
 	fake.NextCreateSnapshotResponse = &cstructs.ClientCSIControllerCreateSnapshotResponse{
 		ID:                     "snap-12345",
 		ExternalSourceVolumeID: "vol-12345",
 		SizeBytes:              42,
+		CreateTime:             0,
 		IsReady:                true,
 	}
 
diff --git a/plugins/csi/client_test.go b/plugins/csi/client_test.go
index 35abf626a822..3d67381a8dca 100644
--- a/plugins/csi/client_test.go
+++ b/plugins/csi/client_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	csipbv1 "github.com/container-storage-interface/spec/lib/go/csi"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/wrappers"
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
 )
 
 func newTestClient(t *testing.T) (*fake.IdentityClient, *fake.ControllerClient, *fake.NodeClient, CSIPlugin) {
@@ -990,6 +992,8 @@ func TestClient_RPC_ControllerListVolume(t *testing.T) {
 func TestClient_RPC_ControllerCreateSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 	ci.Parallel(t)
 
+	now := time.Now()
+
 	cases := []struct {
 		Name        string
 		Request     *ControllerCreateSnapshotRequest
@@ -1024,6 +1028,7 @@ func TestClient_RPC_ControllerCreateSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 					SizeBytes:      100000,
 					SnapshotId:     "snap-12345",
 					SourceVolumeId: "vol-12345",
+					CreationTime:   timestamppb.New(now),
 					ReadyToUse:     true,
 				},
 			},
@@ -1039,11 +1044,13 @@ func TestClient_RPC_ControllerCreateSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 			// note: there's nothing interesting to assert about the response
 			// here other than that we don't throw a NPE during transformation
 			// from protobuf to our struct
-			_, err := client.ControllerCreateSnapshot(context.TODO(), tc.Request)
+			resp, err := client.ControllerCreateSnapshot(context.TODO(), tc.Request)
 			if tc.ExpectedErr != nil {
 				require.EqualError(t, err, tc.ExpectedErr.Error())
 			} else {
 				require.NoError(t, err, tc.Name)
+				require.NotZero(t, resp.Snapshot.CreateTime)
+				require.Equal(t, now.Second(), time.Unix(resp.Snapshot.CreateTime, 0).Second())
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -1120,16 +1127,15 @@ func TestClient_RPC_ControllerListSnapshots(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
+	now := time.Now()
+
 	for _, tc := range cases {
 		t.Run(tc.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			_, cc, _, client := newTestClient(t)
 			defer client.Close()
 
 			cc.NextErr = tc.ResponseErr
-			if tc.ResponseErr != nil {
-				// note: there's nothing interesting to assert here other than
-				// that we don't throw a NPE during transformation from
-				// protobuf to our struct
+			if tc.ResponseErr == nil {
 				cc.NextListSnapshotsResponse = &csipbv1.ListSnapshotsResponse{
 					Entries: []*csipbv1.ListSnapshotsResponse_Entry{
 						{
@@ -1138,6 +1144,7 @@ func TestClient_RPC_ControllerListSnapshots(t *testing.T) {
 								SnapshotId:     "snap-12345",
 								SourceVolumeId: "vol-12345",
 								ReadyToUse:     true,
+								CreationTime:   timestamppb.New(now),
 							},
 						},
 					},
@@ -1152,7 +1159,10 @@ func TestClient_RPC_ControllerListSnapshots(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			require.NoError(t, err, tc.Name)
 			require.NotNil(t, resp)
-
+			require.Len(t, resp.Entries, 1)
+			require.NotZero(t, resp.Entries[0].Snapshot.CreateTime)
+			require.Equal(t, now.Second(),
+				time.Unix(resp.Entries[0].Snapshot.CreateTime, 0).Second())
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -1298,7 +1308,7 @@ func TestClient_RPC_NodePublishVolume(t *testing.T) {
 }
 func TestClient_RPC_NodeUnpublishVolume(t *testing.T) {
 	ci.Parallel(t)
-	
+
 	cases := []struct {
 		Name        string
 		ExternalID  string
diff --git a/plugins/csi/plugin.go b/plugins/csi/plugin.go
index c03390688b69..3ceb2621c57a 100644
--- a/plugins/csi/plugin.go
+++ b/plugins/csi/plugin.go
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ func NewListSnapshotsResponse(resp *csipbv1.ListSnapshotsResponse) *ControllerLi
 					SizeBytes:      snap.GetSizeBytes(),
 					ID:             snap.GetSnapshotId(),
 					SourceVolumeID: snap.GetSourceVolumeId(),
-					CreateTime:     int64(snap.GetCreationTime().GetNanos()),
+					CreateTime:     snap.GetCreationTime().GetSeconds(),
 					IsReady:        snap.GetReadyToUse(),
 				},
 			})