diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e1d6b6b4e1..c804541abd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ before_script:
   - ulimit -n 8192
 
 script:
-  - ${CXX} --version
+  - date; ${CXX} --version
   - if [ `command -v ccache` ]; then ccache -C; fi
   - case $TEST_GROUP in
     platform_dependent)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d3711702c6..d674ffe572 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ check: all
 	    $(MAKE) T="$$t" TMPD=$(TMPD) check_0;                       \
 	else                                                            \
 	    for t in $(TESTS); do                                       \
-	      echo "===== Running $$t"; ./$$t || exit 1; done;          \
+	      echo "===== Running $$t (`date`)"; ./$$t || exit 1; done;          \
 	fi
 	rm -rf $(TMPD)
 ifneq ($(PLATFORM), OS_AIX)
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ endif
 
 # TODO add ldb_tests
 check_some: $(SUBSET)
-	for t in $(SUBSET); do echo "===== Running $$t"; ./$$t || exit 1; done
+	for t in $(SUBSET); do echo "===== Running $$t (`date`)"; ./$$t || exit 1; done
 
 .PHONY: ldb_tests
 ldb_tests: ldb
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ ifneq ($(PAR_TEST),)
 parloop:
 	ret_bad=0;							\
 	for t in $(PAR_TEST); do		\
-		echo "===== Running $$t in parallel $(NUM_PAR)";\
+		echo "===== Running $$t in parallel $(NUM_PAR) (`date`)";\
 		if [ $(db_test) -eq 1 ]; then \
 			seq $(J) | v="$$t" build_tools/gnu_parallel --gnu --plain 's=$(TMPD)/rdb-{};  export TEST_TMPDIR=$$s;' \
 				'timeout 2m ./db_test --gtest_filter=$$v >> $$s/log-{} 2>1'; \