The present disclosure relates to a reception apparatus, a reception method, and a program for generating a time stamp with a simple circuit structure that is realized at low cost. In one example, a reception apparatus includes a reception unit, an obtaining unit, a time stamp increment value specifying unit, a time stamp calculating unit and a time stamp adding unit. The reception unit receives a data stream formed of a series of packets. The obtaining unit obtains a transmission parameter from the received data stream. The time stamp increment value specifying unit specifies a time stamp increment value corresponding to the obtained transmission parameter. The time stamp calculating unit updates the time stamp by adding the specified time stamp increment value to a previous time stamp, and the time stamp adding unit adds the updated time stamp to the packets configuring the data stream.