diff --git a/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/minimal/benchmarks/benchmarks_config.cc b/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/minimal/benchmarks/benchmarks_config.cc
index 83a0119653c6e..7d9c931722d96 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/minimal/benchmarks/benchmarks_config.cc
+++ b/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/minimal/benchmarks/benchmarks_config.cc
@@ -359,6 +359,12 @@ google::cloud::StatusOr<JobConfig> JobConfig::ParseArgs(
   flags_.push_back(
       {"--use-int64-timestamp=", "outputs timestamp as usec int64",
        [this](std::string const& v) { use_int64_timestamp = (v == "true"); }});
+  flags_.push_back(
+         {"--timestamp-output-format=", 
+          "sets timestamp output format",
+          [this](std::string const& v) {
+              timestamp_output_format = v;
+          }});
   flags_.push_back(
       {"--min-creation-time=",
        "min job creation time. If set, only jobs created after or at this "
diff --git a/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/minimal/benchmarks/benchmarks_config.h b/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/minimal/benchmarks/benchmarks_config.h
index aaf908fabf0c1..99a75a8840c03 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/minimal/benchmarks/benchmarks_config.h
+++ b/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/minimal/benchmarks/benchmarks_config.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ struct JobConfig : public Config {
   int start_index = 0;
   int timeout_ms;
   bool use_int64_timestamp;
+  std::string timestamp_output_format;
 
   bigquery_v2_minimal_internal::Projection projection;
   bigquery_v2_minimal_internal::StateFilter state_filter;
diff --git a/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/minimal/internal/job_request.cc b/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/minimal/internal/job_request.cc
index 0c2063e936368..b06032b037aac 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/minimal/internal/job_request.cc
+++ b/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/minimal/internal/job_request.cc
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ std::string DataFormatOptions::DebugString(absl::string_view name,
                                            int indent) const {
   return internal::DebugFormatter(name, options, indent)
       .Field("use_int64_timestamp", use_int64_timestamp)
+      .Field("timestamp_output_format",timestamp_output_format)
       .Build();
 }
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/minimal/internal/job_request.h b/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/minimal/internal/job_request.h
index 2c59df70d2e51..c641ad81cdf9f 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/minimal/internal/job_request.h
+++ b/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/minimal/internal/job_request.h
@@ -313,12 +313,14 @@ struct DataFormatOptions {
   DataFormatOptions() = default;
   bool use_int64_timestamp = false;
 
+  std::string timestamp_output_format = "FLOAT64";
   std::string DebugString(absl::string_view name,
                           TracingOptions const& options = {},
                           int indent = 0) const;
 };
 NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE_WITH_DEFAULT(DataFormatOptions,
-                                                use_int64_timestamp);
+                                                 use_int64_timestamp, 
+                                                timestamp_output_format);
 
 // Indicates the type of compute mode for the query stage.
 //
diff --git a/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/minimal/internal/job_request_test.cc b/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/minimal/internal/job_request_test.cc
index 3e27d9b18ee72..96b9c298dd38b 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/minimal/internal/job_request_test.cc
+++ b/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/minimal/internal/job_request_test.cc
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ TEST(PostQueryRequestTest, DebugString) {
       R"( parameter_value { value: "query-parameter-value" } })"
       R"( labels { key: "lk1" value: "lv1" } labels { key: "lk2" value: "lv2" })"
       R"( default_dataset { project_id: "2" dataset_id: "1" })"
-      R"( format_options { use_int64_timestamp: true })"
+      R"( format_options { use_int64_timestamp: true timestamp_output_format: FLOAT64 })"
       R"( job_creation_mode { value: "JOB_CREATION_MODE_UNSPECIFIED" } } })");
 
   EXPECT_EQ(
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ TEST(PostQueryRequestTest, DebugString) {
       R"( parameter_value { value: "query-p...<truncated>..." } })"
       R"( labels { key: "lk1" value: "lv1" } labels { key: "lk2" value: "lv2" })"
       R"( default_dataset { project_id: "2" dataset_id: "1" })"
-      R"( format_options { use_int64_timestamp: true })"
+      R"( format_options { use_int64_timestamp: true timestamp_output_format: FLOAT64 })"
       R"( job_creation_mode { value: "JOB_CRE...<truncated>..." } } })");
 
   EXPECT_EQ(request.DebugString("PostQueryRequest", TracingOptions{}.SetOptions(
@@ -1103,6 +1103,7 @@ TEST(PostQueryRequestTest, DebugString) {
     }
     format_options {
       use_int64_timestamp: true
+      timestamp_output_format: FLOAT64
     }
     job_creation_mode {
       value: "JOB_CREATION_MODE_UNSPECIFIED"