diff --git a/app/helpers/users_helper.rb b/app/helpers/users_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9c623c9ba7cc1b959b9ee64a63eef87a50234ab8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/users_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module UsersHelper
+  def user_link(user)
+    link_to(user.name, user_path(user),
+            title: user.email,
+            class: 'has-tooltip commit-committer-link')
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/projects/pipelines/_info.html.haml b/app/views/projects/pipelines/_info.html.haml
index 0605af4fcd3c906cfeac068bb91c30d2b3005952..4be9a1371ec8db07b7178aad4164b194d1681dd0 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/pipelines/_info.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/pipelines/_info.html.haml
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 .page-content-header
   .header-main-content
     = render 'ci/status/badge', status: @pipeline.detailed_status(current_user)
-    %strong Pipeline ##{@commit.pipelines.last.id}
-    triggered #{time_ago_with_tooltip(@commit.authored_date)} by
-    = author_avatar(@commit, size: 24)
-    = commit_author_link(@commit)
+    %strong Pipeline ##{@pipeline.id}
+    triggered #{time_ago_with_tooltip(@pipeline.created_at)}
+    - if @pipeline.user
+      by
+      = user_avatar(user: @pipeline.user, size: 24)
+      = user_link(@pipeline.user)
   .header-action-buttons
     - if can?(current_user, :update_pipeline, @pipeline.project)
       - if @pipeline.retryable?
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/tc-pipeline-show-trigger-date.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/tc-pipeline-show-trigger-date.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4de784d98f33dff3c6567a0a4cd5eb0951e17a1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/tc-pipeline-show-trigger-date.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Show correct user & creation time in heading of the pipeline page
+merge_request: 9936
+author:
diff --git a/spec/features/commits_spec.rb b/spec/features/commits_spec.rb
index 0e305c5235886dccb908684115a7f25a4e5faa79..881f1fca4d1a23ea6c4597be3a03b418252c3393 100644
--- a/spec/features/commits_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/commits_spec.rb
@@ -11,12 +11,16 @@
       stub_ci_pipeline_to_return_yaml_file
     end
 
+    let(:creator) { create(:user) }
+
     let!(:pipeline) do
       create(:ci_pipeline,
              project: project,
+             user: creator,
              ref: project.default_branch,
              sha: project.commit.sha,
-             status: :success)
+             status: :success,
+             created_at: 5.months.ago)
     end
 
     context 'commit status is Generic Commit Status' do
@@ -80,7 +84,8 @@
           it 'shows pipeline`s data' do
             expect(page).to have_content pipeline.sha[0..7]
             expect(page).to have_content pipeline.git_commit_message
-            expect(page).to have_content pipeline.git_author_name
+            expect(page).to have_content pipeline.user.name
+            expect(page).to have_content pipeline.created_at.strftime('%b %d, %Y')
           end
         end
 
@@ -150,7 +155,7 @@
         it do
           expect(page).to have_content pipeline.sha[0..7]
           expect(page).to have_content pipeline.git_commit_message
-          expect(page).to have_content pipeline.git_author_name
+          expect(page).to have_content pipeline.user.name
           expect(page).to have_link('Download artifacts')
           expect(page).not_to have_link('Cancel running')
           expect(page).not_to have_link('Retry')
@@ -169,7 +174,7 @@
         it do
           expect(page).to have_content pipeline.sha[0..7]
           expect(page).to have_content pipeline.git_commit_message
-          expect(page).to have_content pipeline.git_author_name
+          expect(page).to have_content pipeline.user.name
           expect(page).not_to have_link('Download artifacts')
           expect(page).not_to have_link('Cancel running')
           expect(page).not_to have_link('Retry')
diff --git a/spec/features/projects/pipelines/pipeline_spec.rb b/spec/features/projects/pipelines/pipeline_spec.rb
index 9f06e52ab556ac3a824ba477ba3fe20a86340282..5a53e48f5f81dd30b20513a289a6b6d9a265f5ca 100644
--- a/spec/features/projects/pipelines/pipeline_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/projects/pipelines/pipeline_spec.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     include_context 'pipeline builds'
 
     let(:project) { create(:project) }
-    let(:pipeline) { create(:ci_pipeline, project: project, ref: 'master', sha: project.commit.id) }
+    let(:pipeline) { create(:ci_pipeline, project: project, ref: 'master', sha: project.commit.id, user: user) }
 
     before { visit namespace_project_pipeline_path(project.namespace, project, pipeline) }
 
diff --git a/spec/helpers/avatars_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/avatars_helper_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..581726c1d0e5ac8322dec76eda1350b834eca0b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/helpers/avatars_helper_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe AvatarsHelper do
+  let(:user) { create(:user) }
+
+  describe '#user_avatar' do
+    subject { helper.user_avatar(user: user) }
+
+    it "links to the user's profile" do
+      is_expected.to include("href=\"#{user_path(user)}\"")
+    end
+
+    it "has the user's name as title" do
+      is_expected.to include("title=\"#{user.name}\"")
+    end
+
+    it "contains the user's avatar image" do
+      is_expected.to include(CGI.escapeHTML(user.avatar_url(16)))
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/helpers/users_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/users_helper_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..03f78de8e912f4289c4cd31b249f9627e70244a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/helpers/users_helper_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe UsersHelper do
+  let(:user) { create(:user) }
+
+  describe '#user_link' do
+    subject { helper.user_link(user) }
+
+    it "links to the user's profile" do
+      is_expected.to include("href=\"#{user_path(user)}\"")
+    end
+
+    it "has the user's email as title" do
+      is_expected.to include("title=\"#{user.email}\"")
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/views/projects/pipelines/show.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/projects/pipelines/show.html.haml_spec.rb
index c101f6f164dffc9aa6b753d79e288914ac6315db..e4aeaeca508a54f4c3e9f01210965a0925cdfbc7 100644
--- a/spec/views/projects/pipelines/show.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/projects/pipelines/show.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 describe 'projects/pipelines/show' do
   include Devise::Test::ControllerHelpers
 
+  let(:user) { create(:user) }
   let(:project) { create(:project) }
-  let(:pipeline) { create(:ci_empty_pipeline, project: project, sha: project.commit.id) }
+  let(:pipeline) { create(:ci_empty_pipeline, project: project, sha: project.commit.id, user: user) }
 
   before do
     controller.prepend_view_path('app/views/projects')
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
 
     assign(:project, project)
     assign(:pipeline, pipeline)
+    assign(:commit, project.commit)
 
     allow(view).to receive(:can?).and_return(true)
   end
@@ -31,6 +33,12 @@
     expect(rendered).to have_css('.js-pipeline-graph')
     expect(rendered).to have_css('.js-grouped-pipeline-dropdown')
 
+    # header
+    expect(rendered).to have_text("##{pipeline.id}")
+    expect(rendered).to have_css('time', text: pipeline.created_at.strftime("%b %d, %Y"))
+    expect(rendered).to have_selector(%Q(img[alt$="#{pipeline.user.name}'s avatar"]))
+    expect(rendered).to have_link(pipeline.user.name, href: user_path(pipeline.user))
+
     # stages
     expect(rendered).to have_text('Build')
     expect(rendered).to have_text('Test')