diff --git a/docs/running.rst b/docs/running.rst
index 396cb0ff43..448134e894 100644
--- a/docs/running.rst
+++ b/docs/running.rst
@@ -846,6 +846,14 @@ All handlers accept the following set of attributes (keys) in their configuratio
     It can be configured on a per test basis by overriding the :func:`info <reframe.core.pipeline.RegressionTest.info>` method of a specific regression test.
   - ``check_jobid``: Prints the job or process id of the job or process associated with the currently executing regression test.
     If a job or process is not yet created, ``-1`` will be printed.
+  - ``check_job_completion_time``: *[new in 2.21]* The completion time of the job spawned by this regression test.
+    This timestamp will be formatted according to ``datefmt`` (see below).
+    The accuracy of the timestamp depends on the backend scheduler.
+    The ``slurm`` scheduler backend relies on job accounting and returns the actual termination time of the job.
+    The rest of the backends report as completion time the moment when the framework realizes that the spawned job has finished.
+    In this case, the accuracy depends on the execution policy used.
+    If tests are executed with the serial execution policy, this is close to the real completion time, but if the asynchronous execution policy is used, it can differ significantly.
+    If the job completion time cannot be retrieved, ``None`` will be printed.
   - ``check_name``: Prints the name of the regression test on behalf of which ReFrame is currently executing.
     If ReFrame is not in the context of regression test, ``reframe`` will be printed.
   - ``check_num_tasks``: The number of tasks assigned to the regression test.
diff --git a/reframe/core/environments.py b/reframe/core/environments.py
index fef08e7221..11f2d07c73 100644
--- a/reframe/core/environments.py
+++ b/reframe/core/environments.py
@@ -144,6 +144,22 @@ def emit_load_commands(*environs):
     return commands
 
 
+class temp_environment:
+    '''Context manager to temporarily change the environment.'''
+
+    def __init__(self, modules=[], variables=[]):
+        self._modules = modules
+        self._variables = variables
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        new_env = Environment('_rfm_temp_env', self._modules, self._variables)
+        self._environ_save, _ = load(new_env)
+        return new_env
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
+        self._environ_save.restore()
+
+
 class ProgEnvironment(Environment):
     '''A class representing a programming environment.
 
diff --git a/reframe/core/logging.py b/reframe/core/logging.py
index 03ced55af1..1b021246cf 100644
--- a/reframe/core/logging.py
+++ b/reframe/core/logging.py
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ def __init__(self, logger=None, check=None):
             {
                 'check_name': 'reframe',
                 'check_jobid': '-1',
+                'check_job_completion_time': None,
                 'check_info': 'reframe',
                 'check_system': None,
                 'check_partition': None,
@@ -426,6 +427,13 @@ def _update_check_extras(self):
 
         if self.check.job:
             self.extra['check_jobid'] = self.check.job.jobid
+            if self.check.job.completion_time:
+                # Use the logging handlers' date format to format
+                # completion_time
+                # NOTE: All handlers use the same date format
+                fmt = self.logger.handlers[0].formatter.datefmt
+                ct = self.check.job.completion_time.strftime(fmt)
+                self.extra['check_job_completion_time'] = ct
 
     def log_performance(self, level, tag, value, ref,
                         low_thres, upper_thres, unit=None, *, msg=None):
diff --git a/reframe/core/schedulers/__init__.py b/reframe/core/schedulers/__init__.py
index 622822b642..943e088deb 100644
--- a/reframe/core/schedulers/__init__.py
+++ b/reframe/core/schedulers/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 import abc
+from datetime import datetime
 
 import reframe.core.environments as env
 import reframe.core.fields as fields
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@
 
 
 class JobScheduler(abc.ABC):
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def completion_time(self, job):
+        pass
+
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def emit_preamble(self, job):
         pass
@@ -189,6 +194,7 @@ def __init__(self,
         self._script_filename = script_filename or '%s.sh' % name
         self._stdout = stdout or '%s.out' % name
         self._stderr = stderr or '%s.err' % name
+        self._completion_time = None
 
         # Backend scheduler related information
         self._sched_flex_alloc_nodes = sched_flex_alloc_nodes
@@ -259,6 +265,10 @@ def sched_account(self):
     def sched_exclusive_access(self):
         return self._sched_exclusive_access
 
+    @property
+    def completion_time(self):
+        return self.scheduler.completion_time(self) or self._completion_time
+
     def prepare(self, commands, environs=None, **gen_opts):
         environs = environs or []
         if self.num_tasks <= 0:
@@ -321,7 +331,8 @@ def wait(self):
         if self.jobid is None:
             raise JobNotStartedError('cannot wait an unstarted job')
 
-        return self.scheduler.wait(self)
+        self.scheduler.wait(self)
+        self._completion_time = self._completion_time or datetime.now()
 
     def cancel(self):
         if self.jobid is None:
@@ -333,7 +344,11 @@ def finished(self):
         if self.jobid is None:
             raise JobNotStartedError('cannot poll an unstarted job')
 
-        return self.scheduler.finished(self)
+        done = self.scheduler.finished(self)
+        if done:
+            self._completion_time = self._completion_time or datetime.now()
+
+        return done
 
 
 class Node(abc.ABC):
diff --git a/reframe/core/schedulers/local.py b/reframe/core/schedulers/local.py
index 561ebf2ca0..cf0eabe2e3 100644
--- a/reframe/core/schedulers/local.py
+++ b/reframe/core/schedulers/local.py
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ def __init__(self):
         self._f_stdout = None
         self._f_stderr = None
 
+    def completion_time(self, job):
+        return None
+
     def submit(self, job):
         # `chmod +x' first, because we will execute the script locally
         os.chmod(job.script_filename,
diff --git a/reframe/core/schedulers/pbs.py b/reframe/core/schedulers/pbs.py
index 7edb61ae25..418e3a4bad 100644
--- a/reframe/core/schedulers/pbs.py
+++ b/reframe/core/schedulers/pbs.py
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ def __init__(self):
         # Optional part of the job id refering to the PBS server
         self._pbs_server = None
 
+    def completion_time(self, job):
+        return None
+
     def _emit_lselect_option(self, job):
         num_tasks_per_node = job.num_tasks_per_node or 1
         num_cpus_per_task = job.num_cpus_per_task or 1
diff --git a/reframe/core/schedulers/slurm.py b/reframe/core/schedulers/slurm.py
index 37e729f6dd..769048c393 100644
--- a/reframe/core/schedulers/slurm.py
+++ b/reframe/core/schedulers/slurm.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from contextlib import suppress
 from datetime import datetime
 
+import reframe.core.environments as env
 import reframe.core.schedulers as sched
 import reframe.utility.os_ext as os_ext
 from reframe.core.config import settings
@@ -69,6 +70,13 @@ class SlurmJobScheduler(sched.JobScheduler):
     # standard job state polling using sacct.
     SACCT_SQUEUE_RATIO = 10
 
+    # This matches the format for both normal jobs as well as job arrays.
+    # For job arrays the job_id has one of the following formats:
+    #   * <job_id>_<array_task_id>
+    #   * <job_id>_[<array_task_id_start>-<array_task_id_end>]
+    # See (`Job Array Support<https://slurm.schedmd.com/job_array.html`__)
+    _state_patt = r'\d+(?:_\d+|_\[\d+-\d+\])?'
+
     def __init__(self):
         self._prefix = '#SBATCH'
 
@@ -88,6 +96,32 @@ def __init__(self):
         self._is_cancelling = False
         self._is_job_array = None
         self._update_state_count = 0
+        self._completion_time = None
+
+    def completion_time(self, job):
+        if (self._completion_time or
+            not slurm_state_completed(job.state)):
+            return self._completion_time
+
+        with env.temp_environment(variables={'SLURM_TIME_FORMAT': 'standard'}):
+            completed = os_ext.run_command(
+                'sacct -S %s -P -j %s -o jobid,end' %
+                (datetime.now().strftime('%F'), job.jobid),
+                log=False
+            )
+
+        state_match = list(re.finditer(
+            r'^(?P<jobid>%s)\|(?P<end>\S+)' % self._state_patt,
+            completed.stdout, re.MULTILINE))
+        if not state_match:
+            return None
+
+        self._completion_time = max(
+            datetime.strptime(s.group('end'), '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')
+            for s in state_match
+        )
+
+        return self._completion_time
 
     def _format_option(self, var, option):
         if var is not None:
@@ -296,14 +330,9 @@ def _update_state(self, job):
         )
         self._update_state_count += 1
 
-        # This matches the format for both normal jobs as well as job arrays.
-        # For job arrays the job_id has one of the following formats:
-        #   * <job_id>_<array_task_id>
-        #   * <job_id>_[<array_task_id_start>-<array_task_id_end>]
-        # See (`Job Array Support<https://slurm.schedmd.com/job_array.html`__)
         state_match = list(re.finditer(
-            r'^(?P<jobid>\d+(?:_\d+|_\[\d+-\d+\])?)\|(?P<state>\S+)([^\|]*)\|'
-            r'(?P<exitcode>\d+)\:(?P<signal>\d+)\|(?P<nodespec>.*)',
+            r'^(?P<jobid>%s)\|(?P<state>\S+)([^\|]*)\|(?P<exitcode>\d+)\:'
+            r'(?P<signal>\d+)\|(?P<nodespec>.*)' % self._state_patt,
             completed.stdout, re.MULTILINE))
         if not state_match:
             getlogger().debug('job state not matched (stdout follows)\n%s' %
@@ -312,7 +341,7 @@ def _update_state(self, job):
 
         # Join the states with ',' in case of job arrays
         job.state = ','.join(s.group('state') for s in state_match)
-        if not self._update_state_count % SlurmJobScheduler.SACCT_SQUEUE_RATIO:
+        if not self._update_state_count % self.SACCT_SQUEUE_RATIO:
             self._cancel_if_blocked(job)
 
         if slurm_state_completed(job.state):
@@ -438,6 +467,9 @@ def __init__(self):
         self._squeue_delay = 2
         self._cancelled = False
 
+    def completion_time(self, job):
+        return None
+
     def submit(self, job):
         super().submit(job)
         self._submit_time = datetime.now()
diff --git a/reframe/utility/os_ext.py b/reframe/utility/os_ext.py
index dc8387fbd5..917e353d5d 100644
--- a/reframe/utility/os_ext.py
+++ b/reframe/utility/os_ext.py
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@
                                      SpawnedProcessTimeout)
 
 
-def run_command(cmd, check=False, timeout=None, shell=False):
+def run_command(cmd, check=False, timeout=None, shell=False, log=True):
     try:
-        proc = run_command_async(cmd, shell=shell, start_new_session=True)
+        proc = run_command_async(cmd, shell=shell, start_new_session=True,
+                                 log=log)
         proc_stdout, proc_stderr = proc.communicate(timeout=timeout)
     except subprocess.TimeoutExpired as e:
         os.killpg(proc.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
@@ -65,11 +66,13 @@ def run_command_async(cmd,
                       stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                       stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                       shell=False,
+                      log=True,
                       **popen_args):
     # Import logger here to avoid unnecessary circular dependencies
-    from reframe.core.logging import getlogger
+    if log:
+        from reframe.core.logging import getlogger
+        getlogger().debug('executing OS command: ' + cmd)
 
-    getlogger().debug('executing OS command: ' + cmd)
     if not shell:
         cmd = shlex.split(cmd)
 
diff --git a/unittests/test_environments.py b/unittests/test_environments.py
index 47741e9d84..7d22c51b2a 100644
--- a/unittests/test_environments.py
+++ b/unittests/test_environments.py
@@ -88,6 +88,16 @@ def test_load_restore(self):
 
         assert not self.environ.is_loaded
 
+    @fixtures.switch_to_user_runtime
+    def test_temp_environment(self):
+        self.setup_modules_system()
+        with env.temp_environment(
+                ['testmod_foo'], {'_var0': 'val2', '_var3': 'val3'}
+        ) as environ:
+            assert environ.is_loaded
+
+        assert not environ.is_loaded
+
     @fixtures.switch_to_user_runtime
     def test_load_already_present(self):
         self.setup_modules_system()
diff --git a/unittests/test_launchers.py b/unittests/test_launchers.py
index c9ae9c0dae..a1df4e57eb 100644
--- a/unittests/test_launchers.py
+++ b/unittests/test_launchers.py
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 
 
 class FakeJobScheduler(JobScheduler):
+    @property
+    def completion_time(self, job):
+        pass
+
     def emit_preamble(self, job):
         pass