diff --git a/src/cas/example/simple/exScalarPV.cc b/src/cas/example/simple/exScalarPV.cc
index a64ca8d8b..72ebd537a 100644
--- a/src/cas/example/simple/exScalarPV.cc
+++ b/src/cas/example/simple/exScalarPV.cc
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ void exScalarPV::scan()
     limit = (float) this->info.getLopr();
     newValue = tsMax (newValue, limit);
     *pDD = newValue;
+    aitTimeStamp gddts = this->currentTime;
+    pDD->setTimeStamp (&gddts);
     status = this->update (pDD);
     if (status!=S_casApp_success) {
         errMessage (status, "scalar scan update failed\n");