diff --git a/format/Message.fbs b/format/Message.fbs
index 028c56ad516..86dfa87b048 100644
--- a/format/Message.fbs
+++ b/format/Message.fbs
@@ -79,11 +79,12 @@ table Decimal {
 table Date {
 }
 
+enum TimeUnit: short { SECOND, MILLISECOND, MICROSECOND, NANOSECOND }
+
 table Time {
+  unit: TimeUnit;
 }
 
-enum TimeUnit: short { SECOND, MILLISECOND, MICROSECOND, NANOSECOND }
-
 /// time from the Unix epoch, 00:00:00.000 on 1 January 1970, UTC.
 table Timestamp {
   unit: TimeUnit;