diff --git a/server/logger.go b/server/logger.go
index b0a2d2db5d..e77746eff4 100644
--- a/server/logger.go
+++ b/server/logger.go
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ type ZeroLogWrapper struct {
 	zerolog.Logger
 }
 
+func init() {
+	zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = zerolog.TimeFormatUnixMs
+}
+
 // Info implements Tendermint's Logger interface and logs with level INFO. A set
 // of key/value tuples may be provided to add context to the log. The number of
 // tuples must be even and the key of the tuple must be a string.
diff --git a/server/util.go b/server/util.go
index 389d2ac7c5..602668817e 100644
--- a/server/util.go
+++ b/server/util.go
@@ -136,7 +136,10 @@ func InterceptConfigsPreRunHandler(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
 
 	var logWriter io.Writer
 	if strings.ToLower(serverCtx.Viper.GetString(flags.FlagLogFormat)) == ostcfg.LogFormatPlain {
-		logWriter = zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stderr}
+		logWriter = zerolog.ConsoleWriter{
+			Out:        os.Stderr,
+			TimeFormat: "2006/01/02-15:04:05.999",
+		}
 	} else {
 		logWriter = os.Stderr
 	}