diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_available_software.yml b/.github/workflows/update_available_software.yml
index 633769f29..d33dc16c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_available_software.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_available_software.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ jobs:
           cp docs/available_software/data/json_data.json docs/available_software/data/json_data.json.orig
           cp docs/available_software/data/json_data_detail.json docs/available_software/data/json_data_detail.json.orig
 
+          export TIME_GENERATED_TEMPLATE="{{ generated_time }}"
           python scripts/available_software/available_software.py
+          ./scripts/update_generated_time.sh mkdocs.yml
+          
           git status
 
           # determine whether pull request should be opened:
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 78b552aff..e38ac6ffc 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ plugins:
   - git-revision-date-localized
   # necessary for search to work
   - search
+  # Enable macros so we can use global variables
+  - macros
   - redirects:
       redirect_maps:
         adding_software.md: adding_software/overview.md
@@ -123,6 +125,8 @@ extra:
   social:
     - icon: fontawesome/brands/twitter
       link: https://twitter.com/eessi_hpc
+  # this gets auto-updated via update_generated_time.sh script run in update_available_software.yml action
+  generated_time: "Wed, 07 Aug 2024 at 17:08:54 CEST"
 extra_javascript:
   # mermaid diagram
   - https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/mermaid@10/dist/mermaid.esm.min.mjs
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cc56811d9..c4e40dd4e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ mkdocs-material
 mkdocs-redirects
 mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin
 mkdocs-toc-sidebar-plugin
+mkdocs-macros-plugin
diff --git a/scripts/available_software/available_software.py b/scripts/available_software/available_software.py
index 273856b07..61cdc76fc 100644
--- a/scripts/available_software/available_software.py
+++ b/scripts/available_software/available_software.py
@@ -408,8 +408,14 @@ def generate_detail_pages(json_path, dest_path) -> None:
         data = json.load(json_data)
 
     all_targets = data["targets"]
+
+    time_generated_template = os.environ.get('TIME_GENERATED_TEMPLATE')
     for software, content in data["software"].items():
-        generate_software_detail_page(software, content, data["time_generated"], all_targets, dest_path)
+        if time_generated_template:
+            time_generated = time_generated_template
+        else:
+            time_generated = data["time_generated"]
+        generate_software_detail_page(software, content, time_generated, all_targets, dest_path)
 
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/scripts/available_software/tests/data/test_md_template_detailed_science_sol.md b/scripts/available_software/tests/data/test_md_template_detailed_science_sol.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d879e0955
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/available_software/tests/data/test_md_template_detailed_science_sol.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+---
+hide:
+  - toc
+---
+
+science
+=======
+
+# Available modules
+
+
+The overview below shows which science installations are available per target architecture in EESSI, ordered based on software version (new to old).
+
+To start using science, load one of these modules using a `module load` command like:
+
+```shell
+module load science/7.2.0
+```
+
+*(This data was automatically generated on {{ generated_date }})*  
+
+| |aarch64/generic|x86_64/amd/zen2|
+| :---: | :---: | :---: |
+|science/7.2.0|x|x|
+|science/5.3.0|x|x|
diff --git a/scripts/available_software/tests/test_md.py b/scripts/available_software/tests/test_md.py
index 007824fbf..02fc16142 100644
--- a/scripts/available_software/tests/test_md.py
+++ b/scripts/available_software/tests/test_md.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 from mdutils.mdutils import MdUtils
 from available_software import get_unique_software_names, modules_eessi, generate_table_data, generate_module_table
+from available_software import generate_detail_pages
 import os
 import filecmp
+import shutil
 
 
 class TestMarkdown:
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@ def setup_class(cls):
     def teardown_class(cls):
         if os.path.exists("test_simple.md"):
             os.remove("test_simple.md")
+        if os.path.exists("detailed_md"):
+            shutil.rmtree("detailed_md")
 
     # ---------------------------
     # Markdown tests
@@ -41,3 +45,11 @@ def test_md_simple(self):
         md_file.create_md_file()
         assert os.path.exists("test_simple.md")
         assert filecmp.cmp(self.path + "/data/test_md_simple_sol.md", "test_simple.md")
+
+    def test_md_detailed_template(self):
+        os.environ["TIME_GENERATED_TEMPLATE"] = "{{ generated_date }}"
+        os.mkdir('detailed_md')
+        generate_detail_pages(self.path + "/data/test_json_simple_sol_detail.json", 'detailed_md')
+        del os.environ["TIME_GENERATED_TEMPLATE"]
+        assert os.path.exists("detailed_md/science.md")
+        assert filecmp.cmp(self.path + "/data/test_md_template_detailed_science_sol.md", "detailed_md/science.md")
diff --git a/scripts/update_generated_time.sh b/scripts/update_generated_time.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..dde38e02d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/update_generated_time.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Get the new date
+NEW_DATE="$(date '+%a, %d %b %Y at %H:%M:%S %Z')"
+# Inject it into the target file
+sed -i 's/\(generated_time: "\)[^"]*\(".*\)/\1'"${NEW_DATE}"'\2/' $1