diff --git a/defaults/config.js b/defaults/config.js
index 0a06b7d4..c8d86bff 100644
--- a/defaults/config.js
+++ b/defaults/config.js
@@ -161,33 +161,6 @@ module.exports = {
 	//
 	messageStorage: ["sqlite", "text"],
 
-	//
-	// Log settings
-	//
-	// Logging has to be enabled per user. If enabled, logs will be stored in
-	// the 'logs/<user>/<network>/' folder.
-	//
-	// @type     object
-	// @default  {}
-	//
-	logs: {
-		//
-		// Timestamp format
-		//
-		// @type     string
-		// @default  "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss"
-		//
-		format: "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss",
-
-		//
-		// Timezone
-		//
-		// @type     string
-		// @default  "UTC+00:00"
-		//
-		timezone: "UTC+00:00",
-	},
-
 	//
 	// Maximum number of history lines per channel
 	//
diff --git a/src/helper.js b/src/helper.js
index a06267a4..388763ea 100644
--- a/src/helper.js
+++ b/src/helper.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const fs = require("fs");
 const net = require("net");
 const bcrypt = require("bcryptjs");
 const colors = require("chalk");
+const moment = require("moment");
 
 let homePath;
 let configPath;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ const Helper = {
 	setHome,
 	getVersion,
 	getGitCommit,
+	getHumanDate,
 	ip2hex,
 	mergeConfig,
 	getDefaultNick,
@@ -205,6 +207,10 @@ function passwordCompare(password, expected) {
 	return bcrypt.compare(password, expected);
 }
 
+function getHumanDate() {
+	return moment().format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss");
+}
+
 function getDefaultNick() {
 	if (!this.config.defaults.nick) {
 		return "thelounge";
diff --git a/src/log.js b/src/log.js
index b627c874..9011623d 100644
--- a/src/log.js
+++ b/src/log.js
@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
 "use strict";
 
 const colors = require("chalk");
-const moment = require("moment");
 const read = require("read");
 const Helper = require("./helper");
 
 function timestamp() {
-	const format = Helper.config.logs.format || "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss";
-	const tz = Helper.config.logs.timezone || "UTC+00:00";
-	const time = moment().utcOffset(tz).format(format);
-
-	return colors.dim(time);
+	return colors.dim(Helper.getHumanDate());
 }
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/src/plugins/messageStorage/text.js b/src/plugins/messageStorage/text.js
index 0b7d436b..d979e5cb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/messageStorage/text.js
+++ b/src/plugins/messageStorage/text.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 const fs = require("fs");
 const fsextra = require("fs-extra");
 const path = require("path");
-const moment = require("moment");
 const filenamify = require("filenamify");
 const Helper = require("../../helper");
 
@@ -40,11 +39,7 @@ class TextFileMessageStorage {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		const format = Helper.config.logs.format || "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss";
-		const tz = Helper.config.logs.timezone || "UTC+00:00";
-
-		const time = moment(msg.time).utcOffset(tz).format(format);
-		let line = `[${time}] `;
+		let line = `[${Helper.getHumanDate()}] `;
 
 		if (msg.type === "message") {
 			// Format:
diff --git a/test/src/helperTest.js b/test/src/helperTest.js
index e7cd33c1..54ae3264 100644
--- a/test/src/helperTest.js
+++ b/test/src/helperTest.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 const expect = require("chai").expect;
 const os = require("os");
+const moment = require("moment");
 const Helper = require("../../src/helper");
 
 describe("Helper", function() {
@@ -52,4 +53,8 @@ describe("Helper", function() {
 			expect(version).to.match(/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/);
 		});
 	});
+
+	describe("#getHumanDate()", function() {
+		expect(Helper.getHumanDate()).to.equal(moment().format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss"));
+	});
 });