diff --git a/explorer/src/App.tsx b/explorer/src/App.tsx
index be665a6be6..238d98ba3b 100644
--- a/explorer/src/App.tsx
+++ b/explorer/src/App.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { ClusterStatsPage } from "pages/ClusterStatsPage";
 import { SupplyPage } from "pages/SupplyPage";
 import { TransactionDetailsPage } from "pages/TransactionDetailsPage";
 import { BlockDetailsPage } from "pages/BlockDetailsPage";
+import { UnlockAlert } from "components/UnlockAlert";
 
 const ADDRESS_ALIASES = ["account", "accounts", "addresses"];
 const TX_ALIASES = ["txs", "txn", "txns", "transaction", "transactions"];
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ function App() {
   return (
     <>
       <ClusterModal />
+      <UnlockAlert />
       <div className="main-content">
         <Navbar />
         <MessageBanner />
diff --git a/explorer/src/components/UnlockAlert.tsx b/explorer/src/components/UnlockAlert.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7099c5cd10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/explorer/src/components/UnlockAlert.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import React from "react";
+
+import { Connection } from "@solana/web3.js";
+import { useCluster, Cluster } from "providers/cluster";
+
+const CLUSTER_SYNC_INTERVAL = 30000;
+
+export function displayTimestamp(unixTimestamp: number): string {
+  const expireDate = new Date(unixTimestamp);
+  const dateString = new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-US", {
+    year: "numeric",
+    month: "long",
+    day: "numeric",
+  }).format(expireDate);
+  const timeString = new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-US", {
+    hour: "numeric",
+    minute: "numeric",
+    hour12: false,
+    timeZoneName: "long",
+  }).format(expireDate);
+  return `${dateString} at ${timeString}`;
+}
+
+export function UnlockAlert() {
+  const { cluster, url } = useCluster();
+  const [active, setActive] = React.useState(false);
+  const [blockTime, setBlockTime] = React.useState<number | null>(null);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (!active || !url) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const connection = new Connection(url);
+    const getBlockTime = async () => {
+      try {
+        const epochInfo = await connection.getEpochInfo();
+        const blockTime = await connection.getBlockTime(epochInfo.absoluteSlot);
+        if (blockTime !== null) {
+          setBlockTime(blockTime);
+        }
+      } catch (error) {}
+    };
+
+    getBlockTime();
+
+    const blockTimeInterval = setInterval(getBlockTime, CLUSTER_SYNC_INTERVAL);
+    const secondInterval = setInterval(() => {
+      setBlockTime((time) => (time !== null ? time + 1 : null));
+    }, 1000);
+
+    return () => {
+      clearInterval(blockTimeInterval);
+      clearInterval(secondInterval);
+    };
+  }, [active, url]);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (cluster !== Cluster.MainnetBeta) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    setActive(true);
+    return () => {
+      setActive(false);
+    };
+  }, [setActive, cluster]);
+
+  if (cluster !== Cluster.MainnetBeta || blockTime === null) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className="alert alert-secondary text-center">
+      <p>An unlock event is timed for midnight January 7th UTC cluster time.</p>
+      <p>
+        Cluster time is currently {displayTimestamp(blockTime * 1000)} and may
+        differ from actual UTC time.
+      </p>
+      <p className="mb-0">
+        More information can be found{" "}
+        <a
+          href="https://solana.com/transparency"
+          className="text-white font-weight-bold"
+          rel="noopener noreferrer"
+        >
+          here
+        </a>
+        .
+      </p>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/explorer/src/pages/ClusterStatsPage.tsx b/explorer/src/pages/ClusterStatsPage.tsx
index b110afe2de..856667a662 100644
--- a/explorer/src/pages/ClusterStatsPage.tsx
+++ b/explorer/src/pages/ClusterStatsPage.tsx
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function StatsCardBody() {
       )}
       {blockTime && (
         <tr>
-          <td className="w-100">Block time</td>
+          <td className="w-100">Cluster time</td>
           <td className="text-lg-right text-monospace">
             {displayTimestamp(blockTime)}
           </td>