diff --git a/build_detect_version b/build_detect_version
index 73dbf62af..5f0237e85 100755
--- a/build_detect_version
+++ b/build_detect_version
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ else
   echo "git not found"| awk ' BEGIN {print "#include \"build_version.h\""} {print "const char * leveldb_build_git_sha = \"leveldb_build_git_sha:git not found\";"} END {}' > ${VFILE}
 fi
 
+date | awk 'BEGIN {} {print "const char * leveldb_build_git_datetime = \"leveldb_build_git_datetime:"$0"\";"} END {} ' >> ${VFILE}
 echo "const char * leveldb_build_compile_date = __DATE__;" >> ${VFILE}
 echo "const char * leveldb_build_compile_time = __TIME__;" >> ${VFILE}