diff --git a/releases/unreleased/days-in-collection-spent-time.yml b/releases/unreleased/days-in-collection-spent-time.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b563ce40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/unreleased/days-in-collection-spent-time.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+title: Days in collection spent time
+category: fixed
+author: Jose Javier Merchante <jjmerchante@bitergia.com>
+issue: null
+notes: >
+  Include days in logs when the collection spent time is more than
+  one day.
diff --git a/sirmordred/task_collection.py b/sirmordred/task_collection.py
index fac2e397..47eb875f 100644
--- a/sirmordred/task_collection.py
+++ b/sirmordred/task_collection.py
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@
 #
 
 import logging
-import time
 import traceback
 
 from grimoire_elk.elk import feed_backend
 from grimoire_elk.elastic_items import ElasticItems
 from grimoire_elk.elastic import ElasticSearch
 
+from grimoirelab_toolkit.datetime import datetime_utcnow
+
 from sirmordred.error import DataCollectionError
 from sirmordred.task import Task
 from sirmordred.task_projects import TaskProjects
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ def execute(self):
             logging.info('%s collect disabled', self.backend_section)
             return errors
 
-        t2 = time.time()
+        time_start = datetime_utcnow()
         logger.info('[%s] collection phase starts', self.backend_section)
         print("Collection for {}: starting...".format(self.backend_section))
         clean = False
@@ -142,8 +143,7 @@ def execute(self):
                 raise DataCollectionError('Failed to collect data from %s' % url)
             logger.info('[%s] collection finished for %s', self.backend_section, self.anonymize_url(repo))
 
-        t3 = time.time()
-        spent_time = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S", time.gmtime(t3 - t2))
+        spent_time = str(datetime_utcnow() - time_start).split('.')[0]
         logger.info('[%s] collection phase finished in %s',
                     self.backend_section, spent_time)
         print("Collection for {}: finished after {} hours".format(self.backend_section,