diff --git a/copyparty/__main__.py b/copyparty/__main__.py
index d8ec9246..ccbc92ec 100644
--- a/copyparty/__main__.py
+++ b/copyparty/__main__.py
@@ -1607,6 +1607,7 @@ def add_logging(ap):
     ap2.add_argument("--no-voldump", action="store_true", help="do not list volumes and permissions on startup")
     ap2.add_argument("--log-utc", action="store_true", help="do not use local timezone; assume the TZ env-var is UTC (tiny bit faster)")
     ap2.add_argument("--log-tdec", metavar="N", type=int, default=3, help="timestamp resolution / number of timestamp decimals")
+    ap2.add_argument("--log-date", metavar="TXT", type=u, default="", help="date-format, for example [\033[32m%%Y-%%m-%%d\033[0m] (default is disabled; no date, just HH:MM:SS)")
     ap2.add_argument("--log-badpwd", metavar="N", type=int, default=2, help="log failed login attempt passwords: 0=terse, 1=plaintext, 2=hashed")
     ap2.add_argument("--log-badxml", action="store_true", help="log any invalid XML received from a client")
     ap2.add_argument("--log-conn", action="store_true", help="debug: print tcp-server msgs")
diff --git a/copyparty/svchub.py b/copyparty/svchub.py
index a414d750..17f794c0 100644
--- a/copyparty/svchub.py
+++ b/copyparty/svchub.py
@@ -1558,6 +1558,9 @@ class SvcHub(object):
         with self.log_mutex:
             dt = datetime.now(self.tz)
             if dt.day != self.cday or dt.month != self.cmon:
+                if self.args.log_date:
+                    zs = dt.strftime(self.args.log_date)
+                    self.log_efmt = "%s %s" % (zs, self.log_efmt.split(" ")[-1])
                 zs = "{}\n" if self.no_ansi else "\033[36m{}\033[0m\n"
                 zs = zs.format(dt.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"))
                 print(zs, end="")
diff --git a/tests/util.py b/tests/util.py
index d4696893..bf8f94fc 100644
--- a/tests/util.py
+++ b/tests/util.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class Cfg(Namespace):
         ex = "ctl_re db_act forget_ip idp_cookie idp_store k304 loris no304 nosubtle qr_pin qr_wait re_maxage rproxy rsp_jtr rsp_slp s_wr_slp snap_wri theme themes turbo u2ow zipmaxn zipmaxs"
         ka.update(**{k: 0 for k in ex.split()})
 
-        ex = "ah_alg bname chdir chmod_f chpw_db doctitle df exit favico ipa html_head html_head_d html_head_s idp_login idp_logout lg_sba lg_sbf log_fk md_sba md_sbf name og_desc og_site og_th og_title og_title_a og_title_v og_title_i opds_exts shr tcolor textfiles txt_eol ufavico ufavico_h unlist vname xff_src zipmaxt R RS SR"
+        ex = "ah_alg bname chdir chmod_f chpw_db doctitle df epilogues exit favico ipa html_head html_head_d html_head_s idp_login idp_logout lg_sba lg_sbf log_date log_fk md_sba md_sbf name og_desc og_site og_th og_title og_title_a og_title_v og_title_i opds_exts preadmes prologues readmes shr tcolor textfiles txt_eol ufavico ufavico_h unlist vname xff_src zipmaxt R RS SR"
         ka.update(**{k: "" for k in ex.split()})
 
         ex = "ban_403 ban_404 ban_422 ban_pw ban_pwc ban_url dont_ban spinner"