diff --git a/libraries/k8s.robot b/libraries/k8s.robot
index d656dfd..f9ce0f3 100755
--- a/libraries/k8s.robot
+++ b/libraries/k8s.robot
@@ -458,6 +458,14 @@
         ...    Pods Are Ready By Label    ${namespace}    app    ${app_name}
     END
 
+Get Pod Ready Timestamp by Label
+    [Arguments]    ${namespace}    ${key}    ${value}
+    [Documentation]    delivers timestamp of pod was ready
+    ${cmd}=    Catenate    kubectl -n ${namespace} get pods -l ${key}=${value} -o=json | jq -r
+    ...    ".items[].status.containerStatuses[].state.running.startedAt"
+    ${output}=    Run   ${cmd}
+    [Return]    ${output}
+
 Check Expected Running Pods Number By Label
     [Arguments]    ${namespace}    ${key}    ${value}    ${number}
     [Documentation]    Succeeds if the desired pod has expected number replicas
@@ -479,6 +487,13 @@
     ...    kubectl get pods -n ${namespace} | grep ${name} | awk 'NR==1{print $4}'
     [Return]    ${count}
 
+Get Pod Age
+    [Arguments]    ${namespace}    ${name}
+    [Documentation]    Returns the age for the given Pod
+    ${rc}    ${age}=    Run and Return Rc and Output
+    ...    kubectl get pods -n ${namespace} | grep ${name} | awk 'NR==1{print $5}'
+    [Return]    ${age}
+
 Verify ONOS Pod Restart
     [Arguments]    ${restarted}=True
     [Documentation]    Verifies if any of the given ONOS instances restarted