2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-worker b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-worker
index 2f21e7c662..66b6aabfdb 100755
--- a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-worker
+++ b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-worker
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ def fork_off_task(cfg, data, workerdata, fn, task, taskname, appends, quieterror
 
             data.setVar("BB_WORKERCONTEXT", "1")
             data.setVar("BUILDNAME", workerdata["buildname"])
+            data.setVar("DATE", workerdata["date"])
+            data.setVar("TIME", workerdata["time"])
             bb.parse.siggen.set_taskdata(workerdata["hashes"], workerdata["hash_deps"], workerdata["sigchecksums"])
             ret = 0
             try:
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
index 8d36f282cc..79e612e032 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
@@ -853,6 +853,8 @@ class RunQueue:
             "logdefaultdomain" : bb.msg.loggerDefaultDomains,
             "prhost" : self.cooker.prhost,
             "buildname" : self.cfgData.getVar("BUILDNAME", True),
+            "date" : self.cfgData.getVar("DATE", True),
+            "time" : self.cfgData.getVar("TIME", True),
         }
 
         worker.stdin.write("<cookerconfig>" + pickle.dumps(self.cooker.configuration) + "</cookerconfig>")