# Kafka Connect TimestampNow SMT Usage Reference for Confluent Cloud The `TimestampNow` Single Message Transformation (SMT) replaces the existing timestamp of an incoming Kafka Connect record with the precise time the record is processed by the connector. #### IMPORTANT Confluent only supports this SMT on Confluent Cloud. For complete details, see the official [TimestampNow SMT](https://jcustenborder.github.io/kafka-connect-documentation/projects/kafka-connect-transform-common/transformations/TimestampNow.html) documentation.