diff --git a/crates/store/re_chunk/src/chunk.rs b/crates/store/re_chunk/src/chunk.rs
index 171cb9b7ffc3..f21869bf39e0 100644
--- a/crates/store/re_chunk/src/chunk.rs
+++ b/crates/store/re_chunk/src/chunk.rs
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ impl TimeColumn {
 
         Self::new(
             None,
-            Timeline::new_sequence(name.into()),
+            Timeline::new_temporal(name.into()),
             ArrowPrimitiveArray::<i64>::from_vec(time_vec),
         )
     }
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ impl TimeColumn {
 
         Self::new(
             None,
-            Timeline::new_sequence(name.into()),
+            Timeline::new_temporal(name.into()),
             ArrowPrimitiveArray::<i64>::from_vec(time_vec),
         )
     }