diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 99c537dc22..0091626ce4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -848,6 +848,7 @@ set(PHY_SRC_COMMON
   ${OPENAIR1_DIR}/PHY/TOOLS/sqrt.c
   ${OPENAIR1_DIR}/PHY/TOOLS/get_sin_cos.c
   ${OPENAIR1_DIR}/PHY/TOOLS/oai_arith_operations.c
+  ${OPENAIR1_DIR}/PHY/log_tools.c
   )
 
 set(PHY_SRC
diff --git a/openair1/PHY/log_tools.c b/openair1/PHY/log_tools.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d75296dc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openair1/PHY/log_tools.c
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the OpenAirInterface (OAI) Software Alliance under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The OpenAirInterface Software Alliance licenses this file to You under
+ * the OAI Public License, Version 1.1  (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ * except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.openairinterface.org/?page_id=698
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * For more information about the OpenAirInterface (OAI) Software Alliance:
+ *      contact@openairinterface.org
+ */
+
+/*! \file openair1/PHY/log_tools.c
+ * \brief log tools used by data recording application (to be merged to existing OAI log tools)
+ * \author Abdo Gaber
+ * \date 2024
+ * \version 1.0
+ * \company Emerson, NI Test and Measurement
+ * \email:
+ * \note
+ * \warning
+ */
+
+#include "log_tools.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "PHY/TOOLS/tools_defs.h"
+
+// Get Time Stamp in microseconds in YYYYMMDDHHMMSSmmmuuu format
+char* get_time_stamp_usec(char time_stamp_str[])
+{
+  // initialization to measure time stamp --This part should be moved to inilization part
+  time_t my_time;
+  struct tm* timeinfo;
+  time(&my_time);
+  struct timeval tv;
+
+  // get time stamp
+  timeinfo = localtime(&my_time);
+  gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+  // Add time stamp: yyyy mm dd hh mm ss msec
+  uint16_t year = timeinfo->tm_year + 1900;
+  uint8_t mon = timeinfo->tm_mon + 1;
+  uint8_t mday = timeinfo->tm_mday;
+  uint8_t hour = timeinfo->tm_hour;
+  uint8_t min = timeinfo->tm_min;
+  uint8_t sec = timeinfo->tm_sec;
+  uint16_t usec = (tv.tv_usec);
+  // printf ("Time stamp: %d_%d_%d_%d_%d_%d_%d \n",year,mon,mday,hour,min,sec,usec);
+  // sprintf(time_stamp_str, "%d_%d_%d_%d_%d_%d_%d",year,mon,mday,hour,min,sec,usec);
+  sprintf(time_stamp_str, "%04d%02d%02d%02d%02d%02d%06d", year, mon, mday, hour, min, sec, usec);
+
+  return time_stamp_str;
+}
+
+// Function to convert timestamp string to integer
+int convert_time_stamp_to_int(const char* timestamp)
+{
+  return atoi(timestamp);
+}
+
+int split_time_stamp_and_convert_to_int(char time_stamp_str[], int shift, int length)
+{
+  char time_part[length + 1]; // Buffer to hold the date part YYYYMMDD or HHMMSSmmm
+  // Copy the first 8 or 9 characters (YYYYMMDD) to HHMMSSmmm
+  strncpy(time_part, time_stamp_str + shift, length);
+  time_part[length] = '\0'; // Null-terminate the string
+  // Convert timestamp string to integer
+  return convert_time_stamp_to_int(time_part);
+}
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diff --git a/openair1/PHY/log_tools.h b/openair1/PHY/log_tools.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e75ae05233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openair1/PHY/log_tools.h
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the OpenAirInterface (OAI) Software Alliance under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The OpenAirInterface Software Alliance licenses this file to You under
+ * the OAI Public License, Version 1.1  (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ * except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.openairinterface.org/?page_id=698
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * For more information about the OpenAirInterface (OAI) Software Alliance:
+ *      contact@openairinterface.org
+ */
+
+/*! \file openair1/PHY/log_tools.h
+ * \brief log tools used by data recording application (to be merged to existing OAI log tools)
+ * \author Abdo Gaber
+ * \date 2024
+ * \version 1.0
+ * \company Emerson, NI Test and Measurement
+ * \email:
+ * \note
+ * \warning
+ */
+
+#ifndef __PHY_LOG_TOOLS_H__
+#define __PHY_LOG_TOOLS_H__
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include "PHY/TOOLS/tools_defs.h"
+
+char* get_time_stamp_usec(char time_stamp_str[]);
+int convert_time_stamp_to_int(const char* timestamp);
+int split_time_stamp_and_convert_to_int(char time_stamp_str[], int shift, int length);
+
+#endif /*__PHY_LOG_TOOLS_H__ */
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