Index: Slim/Utils/Misc.pm
===================================================================
--- Slim/Utils/Misc.pm	(revision 4936)
+++ Slim/Utils/Misc.pm	(working copy)
@@ -879,15 +879,15 @@
 
 sub msg {
 	use bytes;
+	my $entry = shift;
+	my $forceLog = shift || 0;
 
-	my $now    = int(Time::HiRes::time() * 10000);
+	if ( $::LogTimestamp ) {
+		my $now = substr(int(Time::HiRes::time() * 10000),-4);
+		$entry = join( strftime( "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.", localtime ),
+			$now , ' ' , $entry );
+	}
 
-	my $entry  = strftime "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.", localtime;
-	   $entry .= (substr $now, -4) . " ";
-	   $entry .= shift;
-
-	my $forceLog = shift || 0;
-
 	print STDERR $entry;
 	
 	if ($forceLog || Slim::Utils::Prefs::get('livelog')) {
Index: slimserver.pl
===================================================================
--- slimserver.pl	(revision 4936)
+++ slimserver.pl	(working copy)
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@
 	$localClientNetAddr
 	$localStreamAddr
 	$newVersion
+	$LogTimestamp
 	$pidfile
 	$prefsfile
 	$priority
@@ -688,6 +689,7 @@
     --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 
@@ -786,6 +788,7 @@
 }
 
 sub initOptions {
+    $LogTimestamp=1;
 	if (!GetOptions(
 		'user=s'			=> \$user,
 		'group=s'			=> \$group,
@@ -796,6 +799,7 @@
 		'httpaddr=s'		=> \$httpaddr,
 		'httpport=s'		=> \$httpport,
 		'logfile=s'			=> \$logfile,
+		'LogTimestamp!'	        => \$LogTimestamp,
 		'audiodir=s'		=> \$audiodir,
 		'playlistdir=s'		=> \$playlistdir,
 		'cachedir=s'		=> \$cachedir,