diff --git a/log/command.go b/log/command.go
index 9cb5176..aa35580 100644
--- a/log/command.go
+++ b/log/command.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"math"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/log"
@@ -26,8 +27,36 @@ func (o Options) Run() error {
 
 	l.SetPrefix(o.Prefix)
 	l.SetLevel(-math.MaxInt32) // log all levels
-	l.SetReportTimestamp(o.Time)
-	l.SetTimeFormat(o.TimeFormat)
+	l.SetReportTimestamp(o.Time != "")
+
+	timeFormats := map[string]string{
+		"layout":      time.Layout,
+		"ansic":       time.ANSIC,
+		"unixdate":    time.UnixDate,
+		"rubydate":    time.RubyDate,
+		"rfc822":      time.RFC822,
+		"rfc822z":     time.RFC822Z,
+		"rfc850":      time.RFC850,
+		"rfc1123":     time.RFC1123,
+		"rfc1123z":    time.RFC1123Z,
+		"rfc3339":     time.RFC3339,
+		"rfc3339nano": time.RFC3339Nano,
+		"kitchen":     time.Kitchen,
+		"stamp":       time.Stamp,
+		"stampmilli":  time.StampMilli,
+		"stampmicro":  time.StampMicro,
+		"stampnano":   time.StampNano,
+		"datetime":    "2006-01-02 15:04:05",
+		"dateonly":    "2006-01-02",
+		"timeonly":    "15:04:05",
+	}
+
+	tf, ok := timeFormats[strings.ToLower(o.Time)]
+	if ok {
+		l.SetTimeFormat(tf)
+	} else {
+		l.SetTimeFormat(o.Time)
+	}
 
 	st := log.DefaultStyles()
 	defaultColors := map[log.Level]lipgloss.Color{
diff --git a/log/options.go b/log/options.go
index 92b45ba..ed7776f 100644
--- a/log/options.go
+++ b/log/options.go
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	Level      string `short:"l" help:"The log level to use" enum:"none,debug,info,warn,error,fatal" default:"none"`
 	Prefix     string `help:"Prefix to print before the message"`
 	Structured bool   `short:"s" help:"Use structured logging" xor:"format,structured"`
-	Time       bool   `short:"t" help:"Whether to print the time"`
-	TimeFormat string `help:"The time format to use" default:"15:04:05"`
+	Time       string `short:"t" help:"The time format to use (kitchen, layout, ansic, rfc822, etc...)" default:""`
 
 	LevelStyle     style.Styles `embed:"" prefix:"level." help:"The style of the level being used" set:"defaultBold=true" envprefix:"GUM_LOG_LEVEL_"` //nolint:staticcheck
 	TimeStyle      style.Styles `embed:"" prefix:"time." help:"The style of the time" envprefix:"GUM_LOG_TIME_"`