diff --git a/src-tauri/src/kafka/consumer.rs b/src-tauri/src/kafka/consumer.rs
index cae5e13e..a51b4e13 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/kafka/consumer.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/kafka/consumer.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use self::{
     state::{ ConsumerInfo, KafkaRecord, push_record },
     parser::{ parse_record },
     notification::notify_error,
-    setup_consumer::ConsumerConfig,
+    setup_consumer::{ ConsumerConfig, ConsumeFrom },
 };
 
 #[tauri::command]
@@ -65,8 +65,21 @@ pub fn start_consumer(
                                 Some(Ok(msg)) =>
                                     match parse_record(msg.detach()) {
                                         Ok(record) => {
+                                            if
+                                                let ConsumeFrom::Custom {
+                                                    start_timestamp: _,
+                                                    stop_timestamp: Some(stop_timestamp),
+                                                } = config.from
+                                            {
+                                                if let Some(current_timestamp) = record.timestamp {
+                                                    if stop_timestamp < current_timestamp {
+                                                        // skip push_record into the consumer record_state
+                                                        //todo: disable consumption for the current partition
+                                                        continue;
+                                                    }
+                                                }
+                                            }
                                             push_record(record, records_state.clone(), &consumer_info);
-                                            //notification::notify_records_count(len, &app, &consumer_info);
                                         }
                                         Err(err) => {
                                             notify_error(err, &app);
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/kafka/consumer/setup_consumer.rs b/src-tauri/src/kafka/consumer/setup_consumer.rs
index 66a6a7d1..d6cc1940 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/kafka/consumer/setup_consumer.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/kafka/consumer/setup_consumer.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,26 @@
-use rdkafka::{ TopicPartitionList, consumer::{ Consumer, StreamConsumer } };
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use rdkafka::{ TopicPartitionList, consumer::{ Consumer, StreamConsumer }, Offset };
 use serde::{ Serialize, Deserialize };
 
 use super::{ create_consumer };
 use crate::{ error::{ Result, TauriError }, configuration::Cluster, kafka::admin::{ list_topic_internal } };
 
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub enum ConsumeFrom {
+    Beginning,
+    End,
+    Custom {
+        start_timestamp: i64, //time in ms
+        stop_timestamp: Option<i64>, //time in ms
+    },
+}
+
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 pub struct ConsumerConfig {
     pub cluster: Cluster,
     pub topic: String,
+    pub from: ConsumeFrom,
 }
 
 pub(super) fn setup_consumer(config: &ConsumerConfig) -> Result<StreamConsumer> {
@@ -20,9 +33,44 @@ pub(super) fn setup_consumer(config: &ConsumerConfig) -> Result<StreamConsumer>
     })?;
     let mut assignment = TopicPartitionList::new();
 
-    // set the offset for each specified partition
-    for p in topic_info.partitions.iter() {
-        assignment.add_partition_offset(&config.topic, p.id, rdkafka::Offset::Offset(0))?;
+    topic_info.partitions.iter().for_each(|p| {
+        assignment.add_partition(&config.topic, p.id);
+    });
+    println!("Assigning");
+    match config.from {
+        ConsumeFrom::Beginning => {
+            topic_info.partitions.iter().for_each(|p| {
+                assignment
+                    .set_partition_offset(&config.topic, p.id, Offset::Beginning)
+                    .expect("Unable to configure the consumer to Beginning");
+            });
+        }
+        ConsumeFrom::End =>
+            topic_info.partitions.iter().for_each(|p| {
+                assignment
+                    .set_partition_offset(&config.topic, p.id, Offset::End)
+                    .expect("Unable to configure the consumer to End");
+            }),
+        ConsumeFrom::Custom { start_timestamp, stop_timestamp: _ } => {
+            // note: the offsets_for_times function takes a TopicPartitionList in which the
+            // offset is the timestamp in ms (instead of the actual offset) and returns a
+            // new TopicPartitionList with the actual offset
+            let mut timestamp_assignment = TopicPartitionList::new();
+            topic_info.partitions.iter().for_each(|p| {
+                timestamp_assignment
+                    .add_partition_offset(&config.topic, p.id, Offset::Offset(start_timestamp))
+                    .expect("Unable to configure the consumer to End");
+            });
+            consumer
+                .offsets_for_times(timestamp_assignment, Duration::from_secs(10))?
+                .elements()
+                .iter()
+                .for_each(|tp| {
+                    assignment
+                        .set_partition_offset(tp.topic(), tp.partition(), tp.offset())
+                        .expect("Unable to configure the consumer to starting offset");
+                });
+        }
     }
     consumer.assign(&assignment)?;
     Ok(consumer)
diff --git a/src/tauri.ts b/src/tauri.ts
index 6b62db5a..62cae3b2 100644
--- a/src/tauri.ts
+++ b/src/tauri.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ export const stopConsumer = (clusterId: string, topic: string): Promise<void> =>
   );
 
 export const startConsumer = (cluster: Cluster, topic: string): Promise<void> =>
-  invoke<void>("start_consumer", { config: { cluster, topic } }).catch((err: TauriError) =>
+  invoke<void>("start_consumer", {
+    config: { cluster, topic, from: { Custom: { start_timestamp: 0 } } },
+  }).catch((err: TauriError) =>
     addNotification({ type: "error", title: "Start Kafka record", description: format(err) })
   );