diff --git a/code/modules/mob/mob_helpers.dm b/code/modules/mob/mob_helpers.dm
index d4edb78e2d..beec8be928 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/mob_helpers.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/mob_helpers.dm
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ It's fairly easy to fix if dealing with single letters but not so much with comp
 		else
 			colored_message = "<font color='[color]'>[message]</font>"
 
-	var/list/timestamped_message = list("[LAZYLEN(logging[smessage_type]) + 1]\[[TIME_STAMP("hh:mm:ss", FALSE)]\] [key_name(src)] [loc_name(src)]" = colored_message)
+	var/list/timestamped_message = list("\[[time_stamp()]\] [key_name(src)] [loc_name(src)]" = colored_message)
 
 	logging[smessage_type] += timestamped_message