Index: Slim/Utils/Misc.pm
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--- Slim/Utils/Misc.pm  (revision 4357)
+++ Slim/Utils/Misc.pm  (working copy)
@@ -879,11 +879,14 @@

 sub msg {
        use bytes;
+
+       my $entry = shift;

-       my $entry = strftime "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.", localtime;
-       my $now = int(Time::HiRes::time() * 10000);
-       $entry .= (substr $now, -4) . " ";
-       $entry .= shift;
+       if ( defined( Slim::Utils::Prefs::get("timestamplog") ) ) {
+           my $now = substr(int(Time::HiRes::time() * 10000),-4);
+           $entry = strftime( "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.", localtime )
+               . $now . " " . $entry;
+       }

        print STDERR $entry;