diff --git a/fixtures/anonymize_fixtures.py b/fixtures/anonymize_fixtures.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index d01de4d1e0..ba62652de5
--- a/fixtures/anonymize_fixtures.py
+++ b/fixtures/anonymize_fixtures.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+
 import sys
 import json
 import random
 import copy
 from collections import defaultdict
 from argparse import ArgumentParser, FileType
+from datetime import datetime
 
 def generate_user(user_number):
   return {
@@ -51,7 +54,6 @@ def generate_user(user_number):
   }
 
 
-
 def parse_args(args=sys.argv[1:]):
     parser = ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument('-d', '--data', type=FileType('r'), default=sys.stdin)
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ def parse_args(args=sys.argv[1:]):
     parser.add_argument('count', type=int)
     return parser.parse_args(args)
 
+
 def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
     args = parse_args(args)
 
@@ -79,6 +82,8 @@ def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
             sample = random.choice(answers)
             data = copy.deepcopy(sample)
             data["fields"]["student"] = student_id + 1
+            data["fields"]["created"] = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+            data["fields"]["modified"] = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
             data["pk"] = out_pk
             out_pk += 1
             out_data.append(data)