diff --git a/pkg/sql/sqlstats/persistedsqlstats/sqlstatsutil/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/sql/sqlstats/persistedsqlstats/sqlstatsutil/BUILD.bazel
index 168347bf8e74..ebcd42563330 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/sqlstats/persistedsqlstats/sqlstatsutil/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/sql/sqlstats/persistedsqlstats/sqlstatsutil/BUILD.bazel
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/sql/sem/tree",
         "//pkg/util/encoding",
         "//pkg/util/json",
+        "//pkg/util/timeutil",
         "@com_github_cockroachdb_apd_v2//:apd",
         "@com_github_cockroachdb_errors//:errors",
         "@com_github_stretchr_testify//require",
diff --git a/pkg/sql/sqlstats/persistedsqlstats/sqlstatsutil/json_encoding_test.go b/pkg/sql/sqlstats/persistedsqlstats/sqlstatsutil/json_encoding_test.go
index cc8918c0be59..1284fb3729be 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/sqlstats/persistedsqlstats/sqlstatsutil/json_encoding_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/sqlstats/persistedsqlstats/sqlstatsutil/json_encoding_test.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func TestSQLStatsJsonEncoding(t *testing.T) {
          "cnt": {{.Int64}},
          "firstAttemptCnt": {{.Int64}},
          "maxRetries":      {{.Int64}},
-         "lastExecAt":      "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+         "lastExecAt":      "{{stringifyTime .Time}}",
          "numRows": {
            "mean": {{.Float}},
            "sqDiff": {{.Float}}
diff --git a/pkg/sql/sqlstats/persistedsqlstats/sqlstatsutil/json_impl.go b/pkg/sql/sqlstats/persistedsqlstats/sqlstatsutil/json_impl.go
index ddee5e7b103f..cc040f3c97a0 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/sqlstats/persistedsqlstats/sqlstatsutil/json_impl.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/sqlstats/persistedsqlstats/sqlstatsutil/json_impl.go
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ func (t *jsonTime) decodeJSON(js json.JSON) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	tm := (time.Time)(*t)
+	tm := (*time.Time)(t)
 	if err := tm.UnmarshalText([]byte(s)); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/sql/sqlstats/persistedsqlstats/sqlstatsutil/testutils.go b/pkg/sql/sqlstats/persistedsqlstats/sqlstatsutil/testutils.go
index 59d4094dcf4c..cc4364d878e1 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/sqlstats/persistedsqlstats/sqlstatsutil/testutils.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/sqlstats/persistedsqlstats/sqlstatsutil/testutils.go
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/roachpb"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/timeutil"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ type randomData struct {
 	Int64    int64
 	Float    float64
 	IntArray []int64
+	Time     time.Time
 }
 
 var alphabet = []rune("abcdefghijklmkopqrstuvwxyz")
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ func genRandomData() randomData {
 		r.IntArray[i] = rand.Int63()
 	}
 
+	r.Time = timeutil.Now()
 	return r
 }
 
@@ -78,10 +82,16 @@ func fillTemplate(t *testing.T, tmplStr string, data randomData) string {
 		}
 		return strings.Join(strArr, ",")
 	}
+	stringifyTime := func(tm time.Time) string {
+		s, err := tm.MarshalText()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		return string(s)
+	}
 	tmpl, err := template.
 		New("").
 		Funcs(template.FuncMap{
-			"joinInts": joinInts,
+			"joinInts":      joinInts,
+			"stringifyTime": stringifyTime,
 		}).
 		Parse(tmplStr)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -101,7 +111,6 @@ var fieldBlacklist = map[string]struct{}{
 	"SensitiveInfo":           {},
 	"LegacyLastErr":           {},
 	"LegacyLastErrRedacted":   {},
-	"LastExecTimestamp":       {},
 	"StatementFingerprintIDs": {},
 	"AggregatedTs":            {},
 }
@@ -130,15 +139,22 @@ func fillObject(t *testing.T, val reflect.Value, data *randomData) {
 			val.Set(reflect.Append(val, reflect.ValueOf(randInt)))
 		}
 	case reflect.Struct:
-		numFields := val.NumField()
-		for i := 0; i < numFields; i++ {
-			fieldName := val.Type().Field(i).Name
-			fieldAddr := val.Field(i).Addr()
-			if _, ok := fieldBlacklist[fieldName]; ok {
-				continue
+		switch val.Type().Name() {
+		// Special handling time.Time.
+		case "Time":
+			val.Set(reflect.ValueOf(data.Time))
+			return
+		default:
+			numFields := val.NumField()
+			for i := 0; i < numFields; i++ {
+				fieldName := val.Type().Field(i).Name
+				fieldAddr := val.Field(i).Addr()
+				if _, ok := fieldBlacklist[fieldName]; ok {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				fillObject(t, fieldAddr, data)
 			}
-
-			fillObject(t, fieldAddr, data)
 		}
 	default:
 		t.Fatalf("unsupported type: %s", val.Kind().String())