diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 980394c7c..f7cfb4f44 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6639,6 +6639,7 @@ version = "0.3.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2f30143827ddab0d256fd843b7a66d164e9f271cfa0dde49142c5ca0ca291f1e"
 dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
  "matchers",
  "nu-ansi-term",
  "once_cell",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 44da3442b..dd19945c8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ schemars = "1.2"
 
 # Logging - minimal
 tracing = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["fmt", "ansi", "env-filter"] }
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["fmt", "ansi", "env-filter", "chrono"] }
 
 # Observability - Prometheus metrics
 prometheus = { version = "0.14", default-features = false }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e009ad96c..484000cec 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     // Initialize logging - respects RUST_LOG env var, defaults to INFO
     let subscriber = fmt::Subscriber::builder()
+        .with_timer(tracing_subscriber::fmt::time::ChronoLocal::rfc_3339())
         .with_env_filter(
             EnvFilter::try_from_default_env().unwrap_or_else(|_| EnvFilter::new("info")),
         )