diff --git a/cmd/podman/artifact/list.go b/cmd/podman/artifact/list.go
index c17261a497..a1d09b5857 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/artifact/list.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/artifact/list.go
@@ -38,12 +38,29 @@ type listFlagType struct {
 }
 
 type artifactListOutput struct {
-	Digest      string
-	Repository  string
-	Size        string
-	Tag         string
-	Created     string
-	VirtualSize string
+	Digest       string
+	Repository   string
+	Size         string
+	Tag          string
+	created      time.Time
+	VirtualSize  string
+	virtualBytes int64
+}
+
+// Created returns human-readable elapsed time since artifact was created
+func (a artifactListOutput) Created() string {
+	if a.created.IsZero() {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return units.HumanDuration(time.Since(a.created)) + " ago"
+}
+
+// CreatedAt returns the full timestamp string of when the artifact was created
+func (a artifactListOutput) CreatedAt() string {
+	if a.created.IsZero() {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return a.created.String()
 }
 
 var (
@@ -109,23 +126,23 @@ func outputTemplate(cmd *cobra.Command, lrs []*entities.ArtifactListReport) erro
 			artifactHash = artifactDigest.Encoded()
 		}
 
-		var created string
+		var createdTime time.Time
 		createdAnnotation, ok := lr.Manifest.Annotations[imgspecv1.AnnotationCreated]
 		if ok {
-			createdTime, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, createdAnnotation)
+			createdTime, err = time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, createdAnnotation)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			created = units.HumanDuration(time.Since(createdTime)) + " ago"
 		}
 
 		artifacts = append(artifacts, artifactListOutput{
-			Digest:      artifactHash,
-			Repository:  named.Name(),
-			Size:        units.HumanSize(float64(lr.Artifact.TotalSizeBytes())),
-			Tag:         tag,
-			Created:     created,
-			VirtualSize: fmt.Sprintf("%d", lr.Artifact.TotalSizeBytes()),
+			Digest:       artifactHash,
+			Repository:   named.Name(),
+			Size:         units.HumanSize(float64(lr.Artifact.TotalSizeBytes())),
+			Tag:          tag,
+			created:      createdTime,
+			VirtualSize:  fmt.Sprintf("%d", lr.Artifact.TotalSizeBytes()),
+			virtualBytes: lr.Artifact.TotalSizeBytes(),
 		})
 	}
 
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-artifact-ls.1.md.in b/docs/source/markdown/podman-artifact-ls.1.md.in
index d2b6203639..81cedd5783 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-artifact-ls.1.md.in
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-artifact-ls.1.md.in
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Print results with a Go template.
 | **Placeholder** | **Description**                                |
 |-----------------|------------------------------------------------|
 | .Created        | Elapsed time since the artifact was created    |
+| .CreatedAt      | Full timestamp of when the artifact was created|
 | .Digest         | The computed digest of the artifact's manifest |
 | .Repository     | Repository name of the artifact                |
 | .Size           | Size artifact in human readable units          |
diff --git a/test/e2e/artifact_test.go b/test/e2e/artifact_test.go
index 73a7a896b6..daed989753 100644
--- a/test/e2e/artifact_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/artifact_test.go
@@ -88,6 +88,16 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman artifact", func() {
 		// Assuming the test runs less than a minute
 		humanReadableDurationRegexp := `^(Less than a second|1 second|\d+ seconds) ago$`
 		Expect(created).To(ContainElements(MatchRegexp(humanReadableDurationRegexp), MatchRegexp(humanReadableDurationRegexp)))
+
+		// Check if .CreatedAt is reported correctly
+		createdAtFormatSession := podmanTest.PodmanExitCleanly("artifact", "ls", "--format", "{{.CreatedAt}}")
+		createdAt := createdAtFormatSession.OutputToStringArray()
+
+		Expect(createdAt).To(HaveLen(2))
+
+		// Verify the timestamp format looks like "2025-10-23 12:34:56.789 +0000 UTC"
+		timestampRegexp := `^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}(\.\d+)? \+\d{4} UTC$`
+		Expect(createdAt).To(ContainElements(MatchRegexp(timestampRegexp), MatchRegexp(timestampRegexp)))
 	})
 
 	It("podman artifact simple add", func() {