diff --git a/mercurial/cmdutil.py b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import errno
 import os
 import re
+import datetime
 
 from .i18n import _
 from .node import (
@@ -2545,6 +2546,10 @@
         pureextra = extra.copy()
         extra['amend_source'] = old.hex()
 
+        update = ui.configbool('experimental','updatetime')
+        if update==True:
+            date=dateutil.parsedate(datetime.datetime.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))
+
         new = context.memctx(repo,
                              parents=[base.node(), old.p2().node()],
                              text=message,
diff --git a/mercurial/configitems.py b/mercurial/configitems.py
--- a/mercurial/configitems.py
+++ b/mercurial/configitems.py
@@ -440,6 +440,9 @@
 coreconfigitem('email', 'to',
     default=None,
 )
+coreconfigitem('experimental', 'updatetime',
+    default=False,
+)
 coreconfigitem('experimental', 'archivemetatemplate',
     default=dynamicdefault,
 )
diff --git a/tests/test-amend.t b/tests/test-amend.t
--- a/tests/test-amend.t
+++ b/tests/test-amend.t
@@ -365,3 +365,37 @@
   $ hg amend
 
 #endif
+
+#if updatetime option is turned on
+  $ hg amend --date '1997-1-1 0:1'
+  $ hg log --limit 2
+  # changeset:   40473:a092f9df5a43
+  # branch:      stable
+  # bookmark:    @
+  # tag:         tip
+  # parent:      40406:7b48c616431d
+  # user:        Taapas Agrawal<taapas2897@gmail.com>
+  # date:        Wed Jan 01 00:01:00 1997 +0530
+  # summary:     amend:Added current time update config option(issue5828)
+  #
+  # changeset:   40472:03f7d0822ec1
+  # branch:      stable
+  # user:        Yuya Nishihara <yuya@tcha.org>
+  # date:        Tue Dec 11 22:34:07 2018 +0900
+  # summary:     worker: do not swallow exception occurred in main process
+  $ hg amend --config experimental.updatetime=True
+  $ hg log --limit 2
+  # changeset:   40473:1cfd775235f0
+  # branch:      stable
+  # bookmark:    @
+  # tag:         tip
+  # parent:      40406:7b48c616431d
+  # user:        Taapas Agrawal<taapas2897@gmail.com>
+  # date:        Tue Dec 25 18:58:20 2018 +0530
+  # summary:     amend:Added current time update config option(issue5828)
+  #
+  # changeset:   40472:03f7d0822ec1
+  # branch:      stable
+  # user:        Yuya Nishihara <yuya@tcha.org>
+  # date:        Tue Dec 11 22:34:07 2018 +0900
+  # summary:     worker: do not swallow exception occurred in main process
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