diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/FieldValue.java b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/FieldValue.java
index aef4728194..58c012a60e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/FieldValue.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/FieldValue.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
+import static java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit.MICROS;
 
 import com.google.api.client.util.Data;
 import com.google.api.core.BetaApi;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.RoundingMode;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@
  * query or when listing table data.
  */
 public class FieldValue implements Serializable {
+
   private static final int MICROSECONDS = 1000000;
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 469098630191710061L;
 
@@ -191,6 +194,21 @@ public long getTimestampValue() {
     return scaled.longValue();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns this field's value as a {@code String}, representing a timestamp as an Instant. This
+   * method should only be used if the corresponding field has {@link LegacySQLTypeName#TIMESTAMP}
+   * type.
+   *
+   * @throws ClassCastException if the field is not a primitive type
+   * @throws NumberFormatException if the field's value could not be converted to {@link Long}
+   * @throws NullPointerException if {@link #isNull()} returns {@code true}
+   */
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  public Instant getTimestampInstant() {
+    checkNotNull(value);
+    return Instant.EPOCH.plus(getTimestampValue(), MICROS);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns this field's value as a {@link java.math.BigDecimal}. This method should only be used
    * if the corresponding field has {@link LegacySQLTypeName#NUMERIC} type.
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java
index 8e8f4cc0c5..4f72e7e66d 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java
@@ -2382,6 +2382,23 @@ public void testMultipleStatementsQueryException() throws InterruptedException {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testTimestamp() throws InterruptedException {
+    String query = "SELECT TIMESTAMP '2022-01-24T23:54:25.095574Z'";
+    String timestampStringValueExpected = "2022-01-24T23:54:25.095574Z";
+
+    TableResult resultInteractive =
+        bigquery.query(
+            QueryJobConfiguration.newBuilder(query)
+                .setDefaultDataset(DatasetId.of(DATASET))
+                .build());
+    for (FieldValueList row : resultInteractive.getValues()) {
+      FieldValue timeStampCell = row.get(0);
+      Instant timestampStringValueActual = timeStampCell.getTimestampInstant();
+      assertEquals(timestampStringValueExpected, timestampStringValueActual.toString());
+    }
+  }
+
   /* TODO(prasmish): replicate the entire test case for executeSelect */
   @Test
   public void testQuery() throws InterruptedException {