diff --git a/rdiff-manager.py b/rdiff-manager.py
index 1b8fce3a4778d8a7b9725c32fe7c90f693c86249..478183d32c1598d710e3044b05d1c9b04f69b3bb 100755
--- a/rdiff-manager.py
+++ b/rdiff-manager.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ concurrent_num = 0
 duration_to_keep = '4W'
 
 from multiprocessing import Pool
+import time
 from time import strftime
 import subprocess, os, glob
 
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ def rdiff_backup(config):
     return target.run_all()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+    starttime = time.localtime()
+
     config_files = glob.iglob(configs_path + '/*.conf')
     filenames = (os.path.basename(x) for x in config_files)
     hostnames = (x.replace('.conf', '') for x in filenames)
@@ -92,7 +96,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     divider = '-' * 76
     # Header
     print(divider)
-    print('RDIFF-MANAGER REPORT for run started', strftime('%c'))
+    print('RDIFF-MANAGER REPORT for run started', strftime('%c', starttime))
     print(divider)
 
     # Summary