diff --git a/native/chat/timestamp.react.js b/native/chat/timestamp.react.js
index 1307bfba4..0e07dd7f0 100644
--- a/native/chat/timestamp.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/timestamp.react.js
@@ -1,42 +1,56 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { longAbsoluteDate } from 'lib/utils/date-utils.js';
 
 import { SingleLine } from '../components/single-line.react.js';
 import { useStyles } from '../themes/colors.js';
 
 export type DisplayType = 'lowContrast' | 'modal';
 
 type Props = {
   +time: number,
   +display: DisplayType,
 };
 function Timestamp(props: Props): React.Node {
   const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
-  const style = [styles.timestamp];
-  if (props.display === 'modal') {
-    style.push(styles.modal);
-  }
-  return <SingleLine style={style}>{longAbsoluteDate(props.time)}</SingleLine>;
+  const style = React.useMemo(
+    () =>
+      props.display === 'modal'
+        ? [styles.timestamp, styles.modal]
+        : [styles.timestamp],
+    [props.display, styles.modal, styles.timestamp],
+  );
+
+  const absoluteDate = React.useMemo(
+    () => longAbsoluteDate(props.time),
+    [props.time],
+  );
+
+  const timestamp = React.useMemo(
+    () => <SingleLine style={style}>{absoluteDate}</SingleLine>,
+    [absoluteDate, style],
+  );
+
+  return timestamp;
 }
 
 const timestampHeight = 26;
 
 const unboundStyles = {
   modal: {
     // high contrast framed against OverlayNavigator-dimmed background
     color: 'white',
   },
   timestamp: {
     alignSelf: 'center',
     bottom: 0,
     color: 'listBackgroundTernaryLabel',
     fontSize: 14,
     height: timestampHeight,
     paddingVertical: 3,
   },
 };
 
 export { Timestamp, timestampHeight };