diff --git a/script/import_scripts/base.rb b/script/import_scripts/base.rb
index 74493357ff1..a88360941ac 100644
--- a/script/import_scripts/base.rb
+++ b/script/import_scripts/base.rb
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ class ImportScripts::Base
 
     puts "", "Updating user digest_attempted_at..."
 
-    DB.exec("UPDATE user_stats SET digest_attempted_at = now() WHERE digest_attempted_at IS NULL")
+    DB.exec("UPDATE user_stats SET digest_attempted_at = now() - random() * interval '1 week' WHERE digest_attempted_at IS NULL")
   end
 
   # scripts that are able to import last_seen_at from the source data should override this method