diff --git a/Sources/Pulse/PersistentLogHandler.swift b/Sources/Pulse/PersistentLogHandler.swift
index 02e542ce3..3d2c196e9 100644
--- a/Sources/Pulse/PersistentLogHandler.swift
+++ b/Sources/Pulse/PersistentLogHandler.swift
@@ -53,7 +53,12 @@ extension PersistentLogHandler: LogHandler {
 
     public func log(level: Logger.Level, message: Logger.Message, metadata: Logger.Metadata?, file: String, function: String, line: UInt) {
         let context = store.backgroundContext
-        let date = makeCurrentDate()
+        let date: Date
+        if let metadata = metadata, case let .stringConvertible(value)? = metadata["networkEventCreatedAt"], let customDate = value as? Date {
+            date = customDate
+        } else {
+            date = makeCurrentDate()
+        }
         let label = self.label
 
         context.perform {
@@ -64,7 +69,8 @@ extension PersistentLogHandler: LogHandler {
             entity.session = Self.logSessionId.uuidString
             entity.text = String(describing: message)
             if let entries = metadata?.unpack(), !entries.isEmpty {
-                entity.metadata = Set(entries.map { key, value in
+                entity.metadata = Set(entries.compactMap { key, value in
+                    guard key != "networkEventCreatedAt" else { return nil }
                     let entity = MetadataEntity(context: context)
                     entity.key = key
                     entity.value = value
diff --git a/Tests/PulseTests/PersistenLogHandlerTests.swift b/Tests/PulseTests/PersistenLogHandlerTests.swift
index a2d389691..39d216081 100644
--- a/Tests/PulseTests/PersistenLogHandlerTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/PulseTests/PersistenLogHandlerTests.swift
@@ -146,6 +146,25 @@ final class PersistentLogHandlerTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(entry.key, "system")
         XCTAssertEqual(entry.value, "auth")
     }
+
+
+    func testOverridingCreatedAtDateFromNetworkLogger() throws {
+        // GIVEN
+        let eventDate = Date()
+        let sut = PersistentLogHandler(label: "network-logger", store: self.store, makeCurrentDate: { eventDate + 60 })
+
+        // WHEN
+        sut.log(level: .debug, message: "request failed", metadata: ["networkEventCreatedAt": .stringConvertible(eventDate)])
+        flush(store: store)
+
+        // THEN "networkEventCreatedAt" is used as "createdAt"
+        let message = try XCTUnwrap(store.allMessages().first)
+        XCTAssertEqual(message.createdAt, eventDate)
+        XCTAssertNotEqual(message.createdAt, eventDate + 60)
+
+        // THEN metadata is not stored
+        XCTAssertTrue(message.metadata.isEmpty)
+    }
 }
 
 extension LogHandler {