Index: Slim/Utils/Misc.pm
===================================================================
--- Slim/Utils/Misc.pm	(revision 4365)
+++ Slim/Utils/Misc.pm	(working copy)
@@ -880,11 +880,14 @@
 sub msg {
 	use bytes;
 
-	my $entry = strftime "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.", localtime;
-	my $now = int(Time::HiRes::time() * 10000);
-	$entry .= (substr $now, -4) . " ";
-	$entry .= shift;
+        my $entry = shift;
 
+        if ( !$::noLogTimestamp ) {
+            my $now = substr(int(Time::HiRes::time() * 10000),-4);
+            $entry = strftime( "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.", localtime )
+                . $now . " " . $entry;
+        }
+
 	print STDERR $entry;
 	
 	if (Slim::Utils::Prefs::get('livelog')) {
Index: slimserver.pl
===================================================================
--- slimserver.pl	(revision 4365)
+++ slimserver.pl	(working copy)
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@
 	$localClientNetAddr
 	$localStreamAddr
 	$newVersion
+	$noLogTimestamp
 	$pidfile
 	$prefsfile
 	$priority
@@ -692,6 +693,7 @@
     --cachedir       => Directory for SlimServer to save cached music and web data
     --diag			 => Use diagnostics, shows more verbose errors.  Also slows down library processing considerably
     --logfile        => Specify a file for error logging.
+    --noLogTimestamp => Don't add timestamp to log output
     --daemon         => Run the server in the background.
                         This may only work on Unix-like systems.
     --stdio          => Use standard in and out as a command line interface 
@@ -799,6 +801,7 @@
 		'httpaddr=s'		=> \$httpaddr,
 		'httpport=s'		=> \$httpport,
 		'logfile=s'			=> \$logfile,
+		'noLogTimestamp'	=> \$noLogTimestamp,
 		'audiodir=s'		=> \$audiodir,
 		'playlistdir=s'		=> \$playlistdir,
 		'cachedir=s'		=> \$cachedir,