diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 17377cc..b5776a5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ after_success:
 # Submit coverage report to https://codecov.io
 - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
 
-# Monitor only these branches
-branches:
-  only:
-  - master
-
 # You can delete the cache using travis-ci web interface
 cache:
   directories:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a0f6de..2b71e22 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Now you're ready to start using the shoppingcart in your application.
 
 **As of version 2 of this package it's possibly to use dependency injection to inject an instance of the Cart class into your controller or other class**
 
-## Overview
+## Table of Contents
 Look at one of the following topics to learn more about LaravelShoppingcart
 
 * [Important note](#important-note)
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index c503067..3825978 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
     "require": {
         "illuminate/support": "5.4.*||5.5.*||5.6.*||5.7.*||5.8.*||^6.0||^7.0",
         "illuminate/session": "5.4.*||5.5.*||5.6.*||5.7.*||5.8.*||^6.0||^7.0",
-        "illuminate/events": "5.4.*||5.5.*||5.6.*||5.7.*||5.8.*||^6.0||^7.0"
+        "illuminate/events": "5.4.*||5.5.*||5.6.*||5.7.*||5.8.*||^6.0||^7.0",
+        "nesbot/carbon": "~1.20||^1.26.3||^2.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "~5.0||~6.0||~7.0||~8.0",
diff --git a/src/Cart.php b/src/Cart.php
index 53bedbd..c73d0e7 100644
--- a/src/Cart.php
+++ b/src/Cart.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Gloudemans\Shoppingcart;
 
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Closure;
 use Gloudemans\Shoppingcart\Contracts\Buyable;
 use Gloudemans\Shoppingcart\Contracts\InstanceIdentifier;
@@ -38,6 +39,20 @@ class Cart
      */
     private $instance;
 
+    /**
+     * Holds the creation date of the cart.
+     *
+     * @var mixed
+     */
+    private $createdAt;
+
+    /**
+     * Holds the update date of the cart.
+     *
+     * @var mixed
+     */
+    private $updatedAt;
+
     /**
      * Defines the discount percentage.
      *
@@ -618,6 +633,8 @@ class Cart
             'identifier' => $identifier,
             'instance'   => $this->currentInstance(),
             'content'    => serialize($content),
+            'created_at' => $this->createdAt ?: Carbon::now(),
+            'updated_at' => Carbon::now(),
         ]);
 
         $this->events->dispatch('cart.stored');
@@ -661,6 +678,9 @@ class Cart
 
         $this->instance($currentInstance);
 
+        $this->createdAt = Carbon::parse(data_get($stored, 'created_at'));
+        $this->updatedAt = Carbon::parse(data_get($stored, 'updated_at'));
+
         $this->getConnection()->table($this->getTableName())->where('identifier', $identifier)->delete();
     }
 
@@ -864,4 +884,24 @@ class Cart
 
         return number_format($value, $decimals, $decimalPoint, $thousandSeperator);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the creation date of the cart (db context).
+     *
+     * @return \Carbon\Carbon|null
+     */
+    public function createdAt()
+    {
+        return $this->createdAt;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the lats update date of the cart (db context).
+     *
+     * @return \Carbon\Carbon|null
+     */
+    public function updatedAt()
+    {
+        return $this->updatedAt;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/CartTest.php b/tests/CartTest.php
index 24da3cf..09e3526 100644
--- a/tests/CartTest.php
+++ b/tests/CartTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Gloudemans\Tests\Shoppingcart;
 
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Gloudemans\Shoppingcart\Cart;
 use Gloudemans\Shoppingcart\CartItem;
 use Gloudemans\Shoppingcart\ShoppingcartServiceProvider;
@@ -870,6 +871,50 @@ class CartTest extends TestCase
         Event::assertDispatched('cart.stored');
     }
 
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_can_store_and_retrieve_cart_from_the_database_with_correct_timestamps()
+    {
+        $this->artisan('migrate', [
+            '--database' => 'testing',
+        ]);
+
+        Event::fake();
+
+        $cart = $this->getCart();
+
+        $cart->add(new BuyableProduct());
+
+        /* Sleep as database does not store ms */
+        $beforeStore = Carbon::now();
+        sleep(1);
+
+        $cart->store($identifier = 123);
+
+        sleep(1);
+        $afterStore = Carbon::now();
+
+        $cart->restore($identifier);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($beforeStore->lessThanOrEqualTo($cart->createdAt()) && $afterStore->greaterThanOrEqualTo($cart->createdAt()));
+        $this->assertTrue($beforeStore->lessThanOrEqualTo($cart->updatedAt()) && $afterStore->greaterThanOrEqualTo($cart->updatedAt()));
+
+        /* Sleep as database does not store ms */
+        $beforeSecondStore = Carbon::now();
+        sleep(1);
+
+        $cart->store($identifier);
+
+        sleep(1);
+        $afterSecondStore = Carbon::now();
+
+        $cart->restore($identifier);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($beforeStore->lessThanOrEqualTo($cart->createdAt()) && $afterStore->greaterThanOrEqualTo($cart->createdAt()));
+        $this->assertTrue($beforeSecondStore->lessThanOrEqualTo($cart->updatedAt()) && $afterSecondStore->greaterThanOrEqualTo($cart->updatedAt()));
+
+        Event::assertDispatched('cart.stored');
+    }
+
     /**
      * @test
      */