diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-backend-bitbucket/src/API.ts b/packages/netlify-cms-backend-bitbucket/src/API.ts
index cc432f3b..290671cc 100644
--- a/packages/netlify-cms-backend-bitbucket/src/API.ts
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-backend-bitbucket/src/API.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ type BitBucketPullRequest = {
   id: number;
   title: string;
   state: BitBucketPullRequestState;
+  updated_on: string;
   summary: {
     raw: string;
   };
@@ -561,7 +562,8 @@ export default class API {
     );
     const label = await this.getPullRequestLabel(pullRequest.id);
     const status = labelToStatus(label);
-    return { branch, collection, slug, path, status, newFile, mediaFiles };
+    const timeStamp = pullRequest.updated_on;
+    return { branch, collection, slug, path, status, newFile, mediaFiles, timeStamp };
   }
 
   async readUnpublishedBranchFile(contentKey: string) {
@@ -573,13 +575,14 @@ export default class API {
       status,
       newFile,
       mediaFiles,
+      timeStamp,
     } = await this.retrieveMetadata(contentKey);
 
     const fileData = (await this.readFile(path, null, { branch })) as string;
 
     return {
       slug,
-      metaData: { branch, collection, objects: { entry: { path, mediaFiles } }, status },
+      metaData: { branch, collection, objects: { entry: { path, mediaFiles } }, status, timeStamp },
       fileData,
       isModification: !newFile,
     };
diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-backend-github/src/API.ts b/packages/netlify-cms-backend-github/src/API.ts
index fe078930..209fe14b 100644
--- a/packages/netlify-cms-backend-github/src/API.ts
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-backend-github/src/API.ts
@@ -539,7 +539,8 @@ export default class API {
       }));
     const label = pullRequest.labels.find(l => isCMSLabel(l.name)) as { name: string };
     const status = labelToStatus(label.name);
-    return { branch, collection, slug, path, status, newFile, mediaFiles, pullRequest };
+    const timeStamp = pullRequest.updated_at;
+    return { branch, collection, slug, path, status, newFile, mediaFiles, timeStamp, pullRequest };
   }
 
   async readFile(
@@ -628,6 +629,7 @@ export default class API {
         status,
         newFile,
         mediaFiles,
+        timeStamp,
       } = await this.retrieveMetadata(contentKey);
 
       const repoURL = this.useOpenAuthoring
@@ -641,7 +643,13 @@ export default class API {
 
       return {
         slug,
-        metaData: { branch, collection, objects: { entry: { path, mediaFiles } }, status },
+        metaData: {
+          branch,
+          collection,
+          objects: { entry: { path, mediaFiles } },
+          status,
+          timeStamp,
+        },
         fileData,
         isModification: !newFile,
       };
diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-backend-gitlab/src/API.ts b/packages/netlify-cms-backend-gitlab/src/API.ts
index 50bc2c1b..15714eb6 100644
--- a/packages/netlify-cms-backend-gitlab/src/API.ts
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-backend-gitlab/src/API.ts
@@ -562,7 +562,8 @@ export default class API {
     );
     const label = mergeRequest.labels.find(isCMSLabel) as string;
     const status = labelToStatus(label);
-    return { branch, collection, slug, path, status, newFile, mediaFiles };
+    const timeStamp = mergeRequest.updated_at;
+    return { branch, collection, slug, path, status, newFile, mediaFiles, timeStamp };
   }
 
   async readUnpublishedBranchFile(contentKey: string) {
@@ -574,13 +575,14 @@ export default class API {
       status,
       newFile,
       mediaFiles,
+      timeStamp,
     } = await this.retrieveMetadata(contentKey);
 
     const fileData = (await this.readFile(path, null, { branch })) as string;
 
     return {
       slug,
-      metaData: { branch, collection, objects: { entry: { path, mediaFiles } }, status },
+      metaData: { branch, collection, objects: { entry: { path, mediaFiles } }, status, timeStamp },
       fileData,
       isModification: !newFile,
     };