diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/Functions.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/Functions.java
index f5de2fee67..bdb36d72f6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/Functions.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/Functions.java
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.SortedMap;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
 import java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
@@ -1152,6 +1153,10 @@ public class Functions {
         
         return "";
     }
+
+    public static Date getCurrentTime() {
+        return new Date();
+    }
     
     private static final Pattern SCHEME = Pattern.compile("[a-z]+://.+");
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/lib/layout/layout.jelly b/core/src/main/resources/lib/layout/layout.jelly
index 6167161be0..8b69e49ca0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/lib/layout/layout.jelly
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/lib/layout/layout.jelly
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 THE SOFTWARE.
 -->
 
-<j:jelly xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:st="jelly:stapler" xmlns:d="jelly:define" xmlns:l="/lib/layout">
+<j:jelly xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:st="jelly:stapler" xmlns:d="jelly:define" xmlns:l="/lib/layout" xmlns:i="jelly:fmt">
   <st:documentation>
     Outer-most tag for a normal (non-AJAX) HTML rendering.
     This is used with nested &lt;header>, &lt;side-panel>, and &lt;main-panel>
@@ -237,6 +237,10 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
     </table>
     <table width="100%">
       <tr><td id="footer">
+        <span style="padding-right:2em; color:gray">
+          ${%Page generated}:
+          <i:formatDate value="${h.getCurrentTime()}" type="both" dateStyle="medium" timeStyle="medium"/>
+        </span>
         <a href="http://hudson.dev.java.net/">
           Hudson ver. ${h.version}
         </a>