diff --git a/gitops.sh b/gitops.sh
index 10f759d..9ad6812 100755
--- a/gitops.sh
+++ b/gitops.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ FLEET_GLOBAL_FILE="${FLEET_GLOBAL_FILE:-$FLEET_GITOPS_DIR/default.yml}"
 FLEETCTL="${FLEETCTL:-fleetctl}"
 FLEET_DRY_RUN_ONLY="${FLEET_DRY_RUN_ONLY:-false}"
 FLEET_DELETE_OTHER_TEAMS="${FLEET_DELETE_OTHER_TEAMS:-true}"
+export time='$time'
 
 # Validate that global file contains org_settings
 grep -Exq "^org_settings:.*" "$FLEET_GLOBAL_FILE"