diff --git a/src/output/VTKWriter.cpp b/src/output/VTKWriter.cpp
index 8295c351ff66cd106f4a9fdd06e05fd2efb3315c..277c0d5ccd3a7c80c622a4a8f54a20daf9ff13d1 100644
--- a/src/output/VTKWriter.cpp
+++ b/src/output/VTKWriter.cpp
@@ -615,6 +615,7 @@ VTKWriter::_write(const std::shared_ptr<const MeshType>& mesh,
     std::ofstream fout(m_base_filename + ".pvd");
 
     fout << "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n";
+    fout << _getDateAndVersionComment();
     fout << "<VTKFile type=\"Collection\" version=\"0.1\">\n";
 
     fout << "<Collection>\n";