diff --git a/src/baseliner.rs b/src/baseliner.rs
index 31c9726..005793e 100644
--- a/src/baseliner.rs
+++ b/src/baseliner.rs
@@ -46,10 +46,9 @@ impl Baseliner {
         let slow_factor = ewma_factor(self.config.tick_interval, 135.0);
         let fast_factor = ewma_factor(self.config.tick_interval, 0.4);
 
-        // We need a realtime clock when exporting metrics
-        let clock = Time::new(ClockId::Realtime);
-
         loop {
+            // Capture current time at the start of each iteration for metric timestamps
+            let clock = Time::new(ClockId::Realtime);
             let time_data = self.stats_rx.recv()?;
 
             let mut owd_baseline_map = self.owd_baseline.lock_anyhow()?;
diff --git a/src/pinger.rs b/src/pinger.rs
index 745120f..3a5aac0 100644
--- a/src/pinger.rs
+++ b/src/pinger.rs
@@ -59,10 +59,9 @@ pub trait PingListener {
     ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         let socket = &mut open_socket(type_)?;
 
-        // We need a realtime clock when exporting metrics
-        let clock = Time::new(ClockId::Realtime);
-
         loop {
+            // Capture current time at the start of each iteration for metric timestamps
+            let clock = Time::new(ClockId::Realtime);
             let (pkt, sender) = match socket.rcv_from() {
                 Ok(val) => val,
                 Err(_) => continue,
diff --git a/src/reflector_selector.rs b/src/reflector_selector.rs
index 2ca4f56..11b259e 100644
--- a/src/reflector_selector.rs
+++ b/src/reflector_selector.rs
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ impl ReflectorSelector {
         let mut reselection_count = 0;
         let baseline_sleep_time =
             Duration::from_secs_f64(self.config.tick_interval * std::f64::consts::PI);
-        let clock = Time::new(ClockId::Realtime);
-
         // Initial wait of several seconds to allow some OWD data to build up
         sleep(baseline_sleep_time);
 
         loop {
+            // Capture current time at the start of each iteration for metric timestamps
+            let clock = Time::new(ClockId::Realtime);
             /*
              * Selection is triggered either by some other thread triggering it through the channel,
              * or it passes the timeout. In any case we don't care about the result of this function,