diff --git a/oaipmh-core/src/main/java/info/textgrid/middleware/OaipmhUtilities.java b/oaipmh-core/src/main/java/info/textgrid/middleware/OaipmhUtilities.java
index 60101a0e3d5110c701337d69ad1c3f17059c547a..4638502b0b435493063a298745ec099261539599 100644
--- a/oaipmh-core/src/main/java/info/textgrid/middleware/OaipmhUtilities.java
+++ b/oaipmh-core/src/main/java/info/textgrid/middleware/OaipmhUtilities.java
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ public class OaipmhUtilities {
     DatatypeFactory datatypeFactory = DatatypeFactory.newInstance();
     XMLGregorianCalendar now = datatypeFactory.newXMLGregorianCalendar(gregorianCalendar);
 
+    log.fine("NOW in UTC  is " + now.toString());
+
     return now;
   }