return prz;
 }
 
+static void ramoops_read_kmsg_hdr(char *buffer, struct timespec *time,
+                                 bool *compressed)
+{
+       char data_type;
+
+       if (sscanf(buffer, RAMOOPS_KERNMSG_HDR "%lu.%lu-%c\n",
+                       &time->tv_sec, &time->tv_nsec, &data_type) == 3) {
+               if (data_type == 'C')
+                       *compressed = true;
+               else
+                       *compressed = false;
+       } else if (sscanf(buffer, RAMOOPS_KERNMSG_HDR "%lu.%lu\n",
+                       &time->tv_sec, &time->tv_nsec) == 2) {
+                       *compressed = false;
+       } else {
+               time->tv_sec = 0;
+               time->tv_nsec = 0;
+               *compressed = false;
+       }
+}
+
 static ssize_t ramoops_pstore_read(u64 *id, enum pstore_type_id *type,
                                   int *count, struct timespec *time,
                                   char **buf, bool *compressed,
        if (!prz)
                return 0;
 
-       /* TODO(kees): Bogus time for the moment. */
-       time->tv_sec = 0;
-       time->tv_nsec = 0;
-
        size = persistent_ram_old_size(prz);
 
        /* ECC correction notice */
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        memcpy(*buf, persistent_ram_old(prz), size);
+       ramoops_read_kmsg_hdr(*buf, time, compressed);
        persistent_ram_ecc_string(prz, *buf + size, ecc_notice_size + 1);
 
        return size + ecc_notice_size;
 }
 
-static size_t ramoops_write_kmsg_hdr(struct persistent_ram_zone *prz)
+static size_t ramoops_write_kmsg_hdr(struct persistent_ram_zone *prz,
+                                    bool compressed)
 {
        char *hdr;
        struct timespec timestamp;
                timestamp.tv_sec = 0;
                timestamp.tv_nsec = 0;
        }
-       hdr = kasprintf(GFP_ATOMIC, RAMOOPS_KERNMSG_HDR "%lu.%lu\n",
-               (long)timestamp.tv_sec, (long)(timestamp.tv_nsec / 1000));
+       hdr = kasprintf(GFP_ATOMIC, RAMOOPS_KERNMSG_HDR "%lu.%lu-%c\n",
+               (long)timestamp.tv_sec, (long)(timestamp.tv_nsec / 1000),
+               compressed ? 'C' : 'D');
        WARN_ON_ONCE(!hdr);
        len = hdr ? strlen(hdr) : 0;
        persistent_ram_write(prz, hdr, len);
 
        prz = cxt->przs[cxt->dump_write_cnt];
 
-       hlen = ramoops_write_kmsg_hdr(prz);
+       hlen = ramoops_write_kmsg_hdr(prz, compressed);
        if (size + hlen > prz->buffer_size)
                size = prz->buffer_size - hlen;
        persistent_ram_write(prz, buf, size);