diff --git a/src/crashlog.cpp b/src/crashlog.cpp
index 0d376fcf21..d729b3439b 100644
--- a/src/crashlog.cpp
+++ b/src/crashlog.cpp
@@ -400,7 +400,12 @@ char *CrashLog::FillCrashLog(char *buffer, const char *last) const
 
 	YearMonthDay ymd;
 	ConvertDateToYMD(_date, &ymd);
-	buffer += seprintf(buffer, last, "In game date: %i-%02i-%02i (%i, %i)\n\n", _cur_date_ymd.year, _cur_date_ymd.month + 1, _cur_date_ymd.day, _date_fract, _tick_skip_counter);
+	buffer += seprintf(buffer, last, "In game date: %i-%02i-%02i (%i, %i)\n", _cur_date_ymd.year, _cur_date_ymd.month + 1, _cur_date_ymd.day, _date_fract, _tick_skip_counter);
+	if (_game_load_time != 0) {
+		buffer += seprintf(buffer, last, "Game loaded at: %i-%02i-%02i (%i, %i), %s",
+				_game_load_cur_date_ymd.year, _game_load_cur_date_ymd.month + 1, _game_load_cur_date_ymd.day, _game_load_date_fract, _game_load_tick_skip_counter, asctime(gmtime(&_game_load_time)));
+	}
+	buffer += seprintf(buffer, last, "\n");
 
 	buffer = this->LogError(buffer, last, CrashLog::message);
 
@@ -448,7 +453,12 @@ char *CrashLog::FillDesyncCrashLog(char *buffer, const char *last) const
 
 	YearMonthDay ymd;
 	ConvertDateToYMD(_date, &ymd);
-	buffer += seprintf(buffer, last, "In game date: %i-%02i-%02i (%i, %i)\n\n", _cur_date_ymd.year, _cur_date_ymd.month + 1, _cur_date_ymd.day, _date_fract, _tick_skip_counter);
+	buffer += seprintf(buffer, last, "In game date: %i-%02i-%02i (%i, %i)\n", _cur_date_ymd.year, _cur_date_ymd.month + 1, _cur_date_ymd.day, _date_fract, _tick_skip_counter);
+	if (_game_load_time != 0) {
+		buffer += seprintf(buffer, last, "Game loaded at: %s, %i-%02i-%02i (%i, %i)\n",
+				asctime(gmtime(&_game_load_time)), _game_load_cur_date_ymd.year, _game_load_cur_date_ymd.month + 1, _game_load_cur_date_ymd.day, _game_load_date_fract, _game_load_tick_skip_counter);
+	}
+	buffer += seprintf(buffer, last, "\n");
 
 	buffer = this->LogOpenTTDVersion(buffer, last);
 	buffer = this->LogOSVersion(buffer, last);
diff --git a/src/date.cpp b/src/date.cpp
index 46f370ffc5..37e8bd9eec 100644
--- a/src/date.cpp
+++ b/src/date.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ uint32 _scaled_tick_counter; ///< Tick counter in daylength-scaled ticks
 DateTicksScaled _scaled_date_ticks; ///< Date as ticks in daylength-scaled ticks
 uint32    _quit_after_days;  ///< Quit after this many days of run time
 
+YearMonthDay _game_load_cur_date_ymd;
+DateFract _game_load_date_fract;
+uint8 _game_load_tick_skip_counter;
+
 /**
  * Set the date.
  * @param date  New date
diff --git a/src/date_func.h b/src/date_func.h
index a15dadcc6d..3d3a743a6f 100644
--- a/src/date_func.h
+++ b/src/date_func.h
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ extern uint32    _scaled_tick_counter;
 extern DateTicksScaled _scaled_date_ticks;
 extern uint32    _quit_after_days;
 
+extern YearMonthDay _game_load_cur_date_ymd;
+extern DateFract _game_load_date_fract;
+extern uint8 _game_load_tick_skip_counter;
+
 void SetDate(Date date, DateFract fract);
 void ConvertDateToYMD(Date date, YearMonthDay *ymd);
 Date ConvertYMDToDate(Year year, Month month, Day day);
diff --git a/src/misc.cpp b/src/misc.cpp
index 2978fa5ebf..f6fac96baa 100644
--- a/src/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/misc.cpp
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ void InitializeGame(uint size_x, uint size_y, bool reset_date, bool reset_settin
 	_road_layout_change_counter = 0;
 	_game_events_since_load = (GameEventFlags) 0;
 	_game_events_overall = (GameEventFlags) 0;
+	_game_load_cur_date_ymd = { 0, 0, 0 };
+	_game_load_date_fract = 0;
+	_game_load_tick_skip_counter = 0;
+	_game_load_time = 0;
 	_loadgame_DBGL_data.clear();
 	if (reset_settings) MakeNewgameSettingsLive();
 
diff --git a/src/openttd.cpp b/src/openttd.cpp
index f88c70611d..d979f32f1f 100644
--- a/src/openttd.cpp
+++ b/src/openttd.cpp
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ extern char *_config_file;
 GameEventFlags _game_events_since_load;
 GameEventFlags _game_events_overall;
 
+time_t _game_load_time;
+
 /**
  * Error handling for fatal user errors.
  * @param s the string to print.
@@ -387,6 +389,10 @@ static void ShutdownGame()
 
 	_game_events_since_load = (GameEventFlags) 0;
 	_game_events_overall = (GameEventFlags) 0;
+	_game_load_cur_date_ymd = { 0, 0, 0 };
+	_game_load_date_fract = 0;
+	_game_load_tick_skip_counter = 0;
+	_game_load_time = 0;
 	_loadgame_DBGL_data.clear();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/openttd.h b/src/openttd.h
index 07434a9460..4e074eee65 100644
--- a/src/openttd.h
+++ b/src/openttd.h
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ inline void RegisterGameEvents(GameEventFlags events)
 
 char *DumpGameEventFlags(GameEventFlags events, char *b, const char *last);
 
+extern time_t _game_load_time;
+
 void AskExitGame();
 void AskExitToGameMenu();
 
diff --git a/src/saveload/afterload.cpp b/src/saveload/afterload.cpp
index b8e021ea90..44cfe0d822 100644
--- a/src/saveload/afterload.cpp
+++ b/src/saveload/afterload.cpp
@@ -3737,6 +3737,11 @@ bool AfterLoadGame()
 		AfterLoad_LinkGraphPauseControl();
 	}
 
+	_game_load_cur_date_ymd = _cur_date_ymd;
+	_game_load_date_fract = _date_fract;
+	_game_load_tick_skip_counter = _tick_skip_counter;
+	_game_load_time = time(nullptr);
+
 	return true;
 }