diff --git a/create_tarball b/create_tarball
index 3eef5a9..c65c5d2 100755
--- a/create_tarball
+++ b/create_tarball
@@ -144,14 +144,16 @@ fi
 echo "Package name: $package"
 if [ ! -e $TARBALL_DIR/$package.tar.$TAR_SUFFIX ]; then
   echo "Creating tarball in $TARBALL_DIR."
-  echo $MODULE > .tdescmmodule
-  echo $branch-$(git rev-parse HEAD) > .tdescmrevision
-  trap "rm $TARBALL_DIR/tar-$$; rm .tdescmmodule .tdescmrevision; exit 1" INT
+  echo "# TDE SCM module information" > .tdescminfo
+  echo "Name: $MODULE" >> .tdescminfo
+  echo "Revision: $branch-$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> .tdescminfo
+  git log -1 --pretty=format:"DateTime: %cd%n" --date=format:"%m/%d/%Y %H:%M" >> .tdescminfo
+  trap "rm $TARBALL_DIR/tar-$$; rm .tdescminfo; exit 1" INT
   tar c --owner=root --group=users --exclude .git --exclude .gitmodules --transform "s|^\.\(/\|$\)|$package\1|" ./ | \
   $COMPRESS -9 >$TARBALL_DIR/tar-$$ && \
   mv $TARBALL_DIR/tar-$$ $TARBALL_DIR/$package.tar.$TAR_SUFFIX || \
   rm $TARBALL_DIR/tar-$$
-  rm .tdescmmodule .tdescmrevision
+  rm .tdescminfo
 else
   echo "Unchanged tarball in $TARBALL_DIR."
   exit 2