diff --git a/platform/features/conductor-v2/src/TimeConductorController.js b/platform/features/conductor-v2/src/TimeConductorController.js
index d7c4e091bf..571a595543 100644
--- a/platform/features/conductor-v2/src/TimeConductorController.js
+++ b/platform/features/conductor-v2/src/TimeConductorController.js
@@ -66,6 +66,25 @@ define(
 
             $scope.$watch('modeModel.selected', this.switchMode);
 
+            $scope.$watch('timeSystem', function (newTimeSystem, oldTimeSystem) {
+                $scope.modeModel = {
+                    selected: 'fixed',
+                    options: {
+                        'fixed': {
+                            glyph: '\ue604',
+                            label: 'Fixed',
+                            name: 'Fixed Timespan Mode',
+                            description: 'Query and explore data that falls between two fixed datetimes.'
+                        },
+                    }
+                }
+                newTimeSystem.tickSources().forEach(function (tickSource) {
+                    var option = {};
+                    $scope.modeModel.options.push({
+                    });
+                });
+            });
+
             $scope.modeModel = {
                 selected: 'fixed',
                 options: {
diff --git a/platform/features/conductor-v2/src/timeSystems/LocalClock.js b/platform/features/conductor-v2/src/timeSystems/LocalClock.js
index 07996ecae4..e596537384 100644
--- a/platform/features/conductor-v2/src/timeSystems/LocalClock.js
+++ b/platform/features/conductor-v2/src/timeSystems/LocalClock.js
@@ -22,36 +22,52 @@
 
 define(['./TickSource'], function (TickSource) {
     /**
-     * @interface
+     * @implements TickSource
      * @constructor
      */
-    function PeriodicTickSource ($timeout, interval) {
+    function LocalClock ($timeout) {
         TickSource.call(this);
 
+        this.metadata = {
+            key: 'real-time',
+            glyph: '\u0043',
+            label: 'Real-time',
+            name: 'Real-time Mode',
+            description: 'Monitor real-time streaming data as it comes in. The Time Conductor and displays will automatically advance themselves based on a UTC clock.'
+        };
+
         this.interval = interval;
         this.$timeout = $timeout;
         this.timeoutHandle = undefined;
     }
 
-    PeriodicTickSource.prototype = Object.create(TickSource.prototype);
+    LocalClock.prototype = Object.create(TickSource.prototype);
 
-    PeriodicTickSource.prototype.start = function () {
+    LocalClock.prototype.start = function () {
         this.timeoutHandle = this.$timeout(this.tick.bind(this), this.interval);
     };
 
-    PeriodicTickSource.prototype.stop = function () {
+    LocalClock.prototype.stop = function () {
         if (this.timeoutHandle) {
             this.$timeout.cancel(this.timeoutHandle);
         }
     };
 
-    PeriodicTickSource.prototype.tick = function () {
+    LocalClock.prototype.tick = function () {
+        var now = Date.now();
         this.listeners.forEach(function (listener){
-            listener();
+            listener(now);
         });
     };
 
-    PeriodicTickSource.prototype.listen = function (listener) {
+    /**
+     * Register a listener for the local clock. When it ticks, the local
+     * clock will provide the current local system time
+     *
+     * @param listener
+     * @returns {function} a function for deregistering the provided listener
+     */
+    LocalClock.prototype.listen = function (listener) {
         this.listeners.push(listener);
 
         if (this.listeners.length === 1){
diff --git a/platform/features/conductor-v2/src/timeSystems/UTCTimeSystem.js b/platform/features/conductor-v2/src/timeSystems/UTCTimeSystem.js
index 1a93fde598..5ab7c70723 100644
--- a/platform/features/conductor-v2/src/timeSystems/UTCTimeSystem.js
+++ b/platform/features/conductor-v2/src/timeSystems/UTCTimeSystem.js
@@ -20,17 +20,22 @@
  * at runtime from the About dialog for additional information.
  *****************************************************************************/
 
-define(['./TimeSystem'], function (TimeSystem) {
+define([
+    './TimeSystem',
+    './LocalClock',
+    '../../../../commonUI/formats/src/UTCTimeFormat'
+], function (TimeSystem, LocalClock, UTCTimeFormat) {
     var FIFTEEN_MINUTES = 15 * 60 * 1000;
+
     /**
      * @implements TimeSystem
      * @constructor
      */
-    function UTCTimeSystem () {
+    function UTCTimeSystem ($timeout) {
         TimeSystem.call(this);
 
-        this._formats = [];
-        this._tickSources = [];
+        this._formats = [new UTCTimeFormat()];
+        this._tickSources = [new LocalClock($timeout)];
     }
 
     UTCTimeSystem.prototype = Object.create(TimeSystem.prototype);