diff --git a/tivomirror.py b/tivomirror.py
index 36c278c..2d22c2e 100755
--- a/tivomirror.py
+++ b/tivomirror.py
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ def main():
 	os.chdir(os.path.expanduser("~/.tivo"))
 	handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler("tivomirror.log", maxBytes=2*1024*1024, backupCount=5)
 	handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(fmt='tivomirror[{}] %(asctime)s %(levelname)6.6s %(message)s'.format(os.getpid()),
-		datefmt='%H:%M:%S'))
+		datefmt='%d-%m %H:%M:%S'))
 	logger.addHandler(handler)
 	downloaddb = anydbm.open("downloads.db", "c")
 	toc = TivoToc()