diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost b/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost
index d4bc9dc3f..5e6cfbbf7 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost
@@ -302,10 +302,10 @@ 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 | 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