diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.xcat b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.xcat
index c8ba9e337..e1b38e179 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.xcat
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.xcat
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ run_ps () {
  logfile=\"/var/log/xcat/xcat.log\"
  
  if [ -f \$1 ]; then 
-  echo \"Running postscript: \$@\" | tee -a \$logfile
+  echo "\"\`date\` Running postscript: \$@\"" | tee -a \$logfile
   #./\$@ 2>&1 1> /tmp/tmp4xcatlog
   #cat /tmp/tmp4xcatlog | tee -a \$logfile
   ./\$@ 2>&1 | tee -a $logfile
  else
-  echo \"Postscript \$1 does NOT exist.\" | tee -a \$logfile
+  echo "\"\`date\` Postscript \$1 does NOT exist.\"" | tee -a \$logfile
  fi
 }
 # subroutine end