diff --git a/include/crow/logging.h b/include/crow/logging.h
index f838e0dd9..36373e3e3 100644
--- a/include/crow/logging.h
+++ b/include/crow/logging.h
@@ -72,9 +72,17 @@ namespace crow
             tm my_tm;
 
 #if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__MINGW32__)
+#ifdef CROW_USE_LOCALTIMEZONE
+            localtime_s(&my_tm, &t);
+#else
             gmtime_s(&my_tm, &t);
+#endif
+#else
+#ifdef CROW_USE_LOCALTIMEZONE
+            localtime_r(&t, &my_tm);
 #else
             gmtime_r(&t, &my_tm);
+#endif
 #endif
 
             size_t sz = strftime(date, sizeof(date), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", &my_tm);