diff --git a/code/modules/mob/hear_say.dm b/code/modules/mob/hear_say.dm
index 60dcc54f30..a4607720c8 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/hear_say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/hear_say.dm
@@ -67,13 +67,19 @@
 				src << "<span class='name'>[speaker_name]</span>[alt_name] talks but you cannot hear \him."
 	else
 		if(language)
-			src << "<span class='game say'><span class='name'>[speaker_name]</span>[alt_name] [track][language.format_message(message, verb)]</span>"
+			on_hear_say("<span class='game say'><span class='name'>[speaker_name]</span>[alt_name] [track][language.format_message(message, verb)]</span>")
 		else
-			src << "<span class='game say'><span class='name'>[speaker_name]</span>[alt_name] [track][verb], <span class='message'><span class='body'>\"[message]\"</span></span></span>"
+			on_hear_say("<span class='game say'><span class='name'>[speaker_name]</span>[alt_name] [track][verb], <span class='message'><span class='body'>\"[message]\"</span></span></span>")
 		if (speech_sound && (get_dist(speaker, src) <= world.view && src.z == speaker.z))
 			var/turf/source = speaker? get_turf(speaker) : get_turf(src)
 			src.playsound_local(source, speech_sound, sound_vol, 1)
 
+/mob/proc/on_hear_say(var/message)
+	src << message
+
+/mob/living/silicon/on_hear_say(var/message)
+	var/time = say_timestamp()
+	src << "[time] [message]"
 
 /mob/proc/hear_radio(var/message, var/verb="says", var/datum/language/language=null, var/part_a, var/part_b, var/mob/speaker = null, var/hard_to_hear = 0, var/vname ="")
 
@@ -187,15 +193,18 @@
 	else
 		on_hear_radio(part_a, speaker_name, track, part_b, formatted)
 
+/proc/say_timestamp()
+	return "<span class='say_quote'>\[[worldtime2text()]\]</span>"
+
 /mob/proc/on_hear_radio(part_a, speaker_name, track, part_b, formatted)
 	src << "[part_a][speaker_name][part_b][formatted]</span></span>"
 
 /mob/living/silicon/on_hear_radio(part_a, speaker_name, track, part_b, formatted)
-	var/time = "<span class='say_quote'>\[[worldtime2text()]\]</span>"
+	var/time = say_timestamp()
 	src << "[time][part_a][speaker_name][part_b][formatted]</span></span>"
 
 /mob/living/silicon/ai/on_hear_radio(part_a, speaker_name, track, part_b, formatted)
-	var/time = "<span class='say_quote'>\[[worldtime2text()]\]</span>"
+	var/time = say_timestamp()
 	src << "[time][part_a][track][part_b][formatted]</span></span>"
 
 /mob/proc/hear_signlang(var/message, var/verb = "gestures", var/datum/language/language, var/mob/speaker = null)