@@ -625,18 +625,21 @@
 	    (cond
              ;; -mrw- I'm removing KILLREQ from this list so that a test in KILLREQ state is treated as a "do not run" flag.
 	     ((member (db:test-get-state test-info) '("INCOMPLETE" "KILLED" "UNKNOWN" "STUCK")) ;; prior run of this test didn't complete, go ahead and try to rerun
 	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: test is INCOMPLETE or KILLED, treat this execute call as a rerun request")
 	      ;; (tests:test-force-state-status! run-id test-id "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "n/a")
-	      (rmt:test-set-state-status run-id test-id "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "n/a" #f)
+
+              (db:general-call dbstruct 'set-test-start-time (list test-id))
+              (rmt:test-set-state-status run-id test-id "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "n/a" #f)
 	      ) ;; prime it for running
 	     ((member (db:test-get-state test-info) '("RUNNING" "REMOTEHOSTSTART"))
 	      (if (process:alive-on-host? test-host test-pid)
 		  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "test state is "  (db:test-get-state test-info) " and process " test-pid " is still running on host " test-host ", cannot proceed")
 		  (exit)))
 	     ((not (member (db:test-get-state test-info) '("REMOVING" "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "RUNNING" "KILLREQ")))
 	      ;; (tests:test-force-state-status! run-id test-id "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "n/a")
+              (db:general-call dbstruct 'set-test-start-time (list test-id))
 	      (rmt:test-set-state-status run-id test-id "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "n/a" #f)
 	      )
 	     (else ;; (member (db:test-get-state test-info) '("REMOVING" "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "RUNNING" "KILLREQ"))
 	      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "test state is " (db:test-get-state test-info) ", cannot proceed")
 	      (exit))))