diff --git a/playbooks/zuul/run-production-playbook-post.yaml b/playbooks/zuul/run-production-playbook-post.yaml
index 192067b780..43c5bc27d6 100644
--- a/playbooks/zuul/run-production-playbook-post.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/zuul/run-production-playbook-post.yaml
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@
 
     # If we aren't publishing logs through zuul then keep a set on
     # bridge directly.
+    - name: Get a current timestamp
+      set_fact:
+        _log_timestamp: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'date +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S') }}"
+
     - name: Rename playbook log on bridge
       when: not infra_prod_playbook_collect_log
       become: yes