diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core.test.magic/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/magic/binding/handler/MagicOnOffLightHandler.java b/bundles/org.openhab.core.test.magic/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/magic/binding/handler/MagicOnOffLightHandler.java
index 9ea0a06e01..8c5cce2e29 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core.test.magic/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/magic/binding/handler/MagicOnOffLightHandler.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core.test.magic/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/magic/binding/handler/MagicOnOffLightHandler.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 package org.openhab.core.magic.binding.handler;
 
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNullByDefault;
+import org.openhab.core.library.types.DateTimeType;
 import org.openhab.core.thing.ChannelUID;
 import org.openhab.core.thing.Thing;
 import org.openhab.core.thing.ThingStatus;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ public class MagicOnOffLightHandler extends BaseThingHandler {
     @Override
     public void handleCommand(ChannelUID channelUID, Command command) {
         triggerChannel("trigger", command.toString());
+        updateState("timestamp", new DateTimeType());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core.test.magic/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/channel-types.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.core.test.magic/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/channel-types.xml
index 5331d04b5d..4c6a3d6670 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core.test.magic/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/channel-types.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core.test.magic/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/channel-types.xml
@@ -152,4 +152,10 @@
 		</event>
 	</channel-type>
 
+	<channel-type id="timestamp">
+		<item-type>DateTime</item-type>
+		<label>Timestamp</label>
+		<category>time</category>
+	</channel-type>
+
 </thing:thing-descriptions>
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core.test.magic/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/thing-types.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.core.test.magic/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/thing-types.xml
index 259402321f..22d8657618 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core.test.magic/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/thing-types.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core.test.magic/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/thing-types.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 		<channels>
 			<channel id="switch" typeId="switch"/>
+			<channel id="timestamp" typeId="timestamp"/>
 			<channel id="trigger" typeId="trigger"/>
 		</channels>