diff --git a/.changelog/18967.txt b/.changelog/18967.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b29896b64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/18967.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+core: Fix incorrect submit time for stopped jobs
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nomad/fsm.go b/nomad/fsm.go
index 9495e7402..da22041af 100644
--- a/nomad/fsm.go
+++ b/nomad/fsm.go
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ func (n *nomadFSM) applyDeregisterJob(msgType structs.MessageType, buf []byte, i
 	}
 
 	err := n.state.WithWriteTransaction(msgType, index, func(tx state.Txn) error {
-		err := n.handleJobDeregister(index, req.JobID, req.Namespace, req.Purge, req.NoShutdownDelay, tx)
+		err := n.handleJobDeregister(index, req.JobID, req.Namespace, req.Purge, req.SubmitTime, req.NoShutdownDelay, tx)
 
 		if err != nil {
 			n.logger.Error("deregistering job failed",
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ func (n *nomadFSM) applyBatchDeregisterJob(msgType structs.MessageType, buf []by
 	// evals for jobs whose deregistering didn't get committed yet.
 	err := n.state.WithWriteTransaction(msgType, index, func(tx state.Txn) error {
 		for jobNS, options := range req.Jobs {
-			if err := n.handleJobDeregister(index, jobNS.ID, jobNS.Namespace, options.Purge, false, tx); err != nil {
+			if err := n.handleJobDeregister(index, jobNS.ID, jobNS.Namespace, options.Purge, req.SubmitTime, false, tx); err != nil {
 				n.logger.Error("deregistering job failed", "job", jobNS.ID, "error", err)
 				return err
 			}
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ func (n *nomadFSM) applyBatchDeregisterJob(msgType structs.MessageType, buf []by
 
 // handleJobDeregister is used to deregister a job. Leaves error logging up to
 // caller.
-func (n *nomadFSM) handleJobDeregister(index uint64, jobID, namespace string, purge bool, noShutdownDelay bool, tx state.Txn) error {
+func (n *nomadFSM) handleJobDeregister(index uint64, jobID, namespace string, purge bool, submitTime int64, noShutdownDelay bool, tx state.Txn) error {
 	// If it is periodic remove it from the dispatcher
 	if err := n.periodicDispatcher.Remove(namespace, jobID); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("periodicDispatcher.Remove failed: %w", err)
@@ -839,6 +839,9 @@ func (n *nomadFSM) handleJobDeregister(index uint64, jobID, namespace string, pu
 
 		stopped := current.Copy()
 		stopped.Stop = true
+		if submitTime != 0 {
+			stopped.SubmitTime = submitTime
+		}
 
 		if err := n.state.UpsertJobTxn(index, nil, stopped, tx); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("UpsertJob failed: %w", err)
diff --git a/nomad/job_endpoint.go b/nomad/job_endpoint.go
index 54b1345f1..af8fa5f3d 100644
--- a/nomad/job_endpoint.go
+++ b/nomad/job_endpoint.go
@@ -892,6 +892,7 @@ func (j *Job) Deregister(args *structs.JobDeregisterRequest, reply *structs.JobD
 		reply.EvalID = eval.ID
 	}
 
+	args.SubmitTime = now
 	args.Eval = eval
 
 	// Commit the job update via Raft
@@ -993,6 +994,8 @@ func (j *Job) BatchDeregister(args *structs.JobBatchDeregisterRequest, reply *st
 		args.Evals = append(args.Evals, eval)
 	}
 
+	args.SubmitTime = time.Now().UnixNano()
+
 	// Commit this update via Raft
 	_, index, err := j.srv.raftApply(structs.JobBatchDeregisterRequestType, args)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1119,6 +1122,7 @@ func (j *Job) Scale(args *structs.JobScaleRequest, reply *structs.JobRegisterRes
 
 		// Update group count
 		group.Count = int(*args.Count)
+		job.SubmitTime = now
 
 		// Block scaling event if there's an active deployment
 		deployment, err := snap.LatestDeploymentByJobID(ws, namespace, args.JobID)
diff --git a/nomad/structs/structs.go b/nomad/structs/structs.go
index 66a229e0f..e1b2789a9 100644
--- a/nomad/structs/structs.go
+++ b/nomad/structs/structs.go
@@ -773,6 +773,9 @@ type JobDeregisterRequest struct {
 	// Eval is the evaluation to create that's associated with job deregister
 	Eval *Evaluation
 
+	// SubmitTime is the time at which the job was requested to be stopped
+	SubmitTime int64
+
 	WriteRequest
 }
 
@@ -785,6 +788,9 @@ type JobBatchDeregisterRequest struct {
 	// Evals is the set of evaluations to create.
 	Evals []*Evaluation
 
+	// SubmitTime is the time at which the job was requested to be stopped
+	SubmitTime int64
+
 	WriteRequest
 }
 
@@ -4512,8 +4518,8 @@ type Job struct {
 	// on each job register.
 	Version uint64
 
-	// SubmitTime is the time at which the job was submitted as a UnixNano in
-	// UTC
+	// SubmitTime is the time at which the job version was submitted as
+	// UnixNano in UTC
 	SubmitTime int64
 
 	// Raft Indexes