diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/ios/ios.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/ios/ios.py
index 7aeae8e313a..779138b5e02 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/ios/ios.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/ios/ios.py
@@ -129,10 +129,10 @@ def get_config(module, flags=None):
         return cfg
 
 
-def run_commands(module, commands, check_rc=True):
+def run_commands(module, commands, check_rc=True, return_timestamps=False):
     connection = get_connection(module)
     try:
-        return connection.run_commands(commands=commands, check_rc=check_rc)
+        return connection.run_commands(commands=commands, check_rc=check_rc, return_timestamps=return_timestamps)
     except ConnectionError as exc:
         module.fail_json(msg=to_text(exc))
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_command.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_command.py
index cd7c34ab627..837211e8d1b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_command.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_command.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def main():
     match = module.params['match']
 
     while retries > 0:
-        responses = run_commands(module, commands)
+        responses, timestamps = run_commands(module, commands, return_timestamps=True)
 
         for item in list(conditionals):
             if item(responses):
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ def main():
     result.update({
         'stdout': responses,
         'stdout_lines': list(to_lines(responses)),
+        'timestamps': timestamps
     })
 
     module.exit_json(**result)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/ios.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/ios.py
index d0855a1a226..a90b829c67b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/ios.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/ios.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from itertools import chain
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleConnectionFailure
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import get_timestamp
 from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import Mapping
 from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems
 from ansible.module_utils.network.common.config import NetworkConfig, dumps
@@ -271,11 +272,12 @@ class Cliconf(CliconfBase):
 
         return resp
 
-    def run_commands(self, commands=None, check_rc=True):
+    def run_commands(self, commands=None, check_rc=True, return_timestamps=False):
         if commands is None:
             raise ValueError("'commands' value is required")
 
         responses = list()
+        timestamps = list()
         for cmd in to_list(commands):
             if not isinstance(cmd, Mapping):
                 cmd = {'command': cmd}
@@ -286,14 +288,19 @@ class Cliconf(CliconfBase):
 
             try:
                 out = self.send_command(**cmd)
+                timestamp = get_timestamp()
             except AnsibleConnectionFailure as e:
                 if check_rc:
                     raise
                 out = getattr(e, 'err', to_text(e))
 
             responses.append(out)
+            timestamps.append(timestamp)
 
-        return responses
+        if return_timestamps:
+            return responses, timestamps
+        else:
+            return responses
 
     def get_defaults_flag(self):
         """
diff --git a/test/units/modules/network/ios/test_ios_command.py b/test/units/modules/network/ios/test_ios_command.py
index 1dab227b9ac..127683a61b9 100644
--- a/test/units/modules/network/ios/test_ios_command.py
+++ b/test/units/modules/network/ios/test_ios_command.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 import json
 
 from units.compat.mock import patch
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import get_timestamp
 from ansible.modules.network.ios import ios_command
 from units.modules.utils import set_module_args
 from .ios_module import TestIosModule, load_fixture
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ class TestIosCommandModule(TestIosModule):
         def load_from_file(*args, **kwargs):
             module, commands = args
             output = list()
+            timestamps = list()
 
             for item in commands:
                 try:
@@ -55,7 +57,8 @@ class TestIosCommandModule(TestIosModule):
                     command = item['command']
                 filename = str(command).replace(' ', '_')
                 output.append(load_fixture(filename))
-            return output
+                timestamps.append(get_timestamp())
+            return output, timestamps
 
         self.run_commands.side_effect = load_from_file