# timestamps in output

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/timestamps-in-output/15031>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [April 16, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/timestamps-in-output/15031 "2014-04-16T13:42:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Bas\_Meijer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@Bas\_Meijer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bas_Meijer)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/timestamps-in-output/15031/1 "2014-04-16T13:42:02Z")

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Has it been considered to have timestamps for metrics/audits in the output of ansible-playbook similar to below example?

TASK: [make sure package openssl is installed and latest] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
changed: [server1] 2014-04-07 22:32:45  
changed: [server2] 2014-04-07 22:32:46  
changed: [server3] 2014-04-07 22:32:50

TASK: [upgrade SSL certificates] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
changed: [server1] 2014-04-07 22:33:05  
changed: [server2] 2014-04-07 22:33:06  
changed: [server3] 2014-04-07 22:33:10

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**Author:** ![Serge\_van\_Ginderacht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@Serge\_van\_Ginderacht](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Serge_van_Ginderacht)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/timestamps-in-output/15031/2 "2014-04-16T14:11:11Z")

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You can extend output with callback plugins.

e.g. [https://github.com/ginsys/ansible-plugins/blob/devel/callback\_plugins/timestamp.py](https://github.com/ginsys/ansible-plugins/blob/devel/callback_plugins/timestamp.py)