diff --git a/src/com/google/enterprise/adaptor/CustomFormatter.java b/src/com/google/enterprise/adaptor/CustomFormatter.java
index 9940bf9..eaa7008 100644
--- a/src/com/google/enterprise/adaptor/CustomFormatter.java
+++ b/src/com/google/enterprise/adaptor/CustomFormatter.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
       + " \u001b[3{6}m{1}\u001b[3{5}m {2} {3}:\u001b[m {4}");
   /** Is identical to {@link #formatter} except for colors */
   private MessageFormat noColorFormatter = new MessageFormat(
-      "{0,date,HH:mm:ss.SSS} {1} {2} {3}: {4}");
+      "{0,date,MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} {1} {2} {3}: {4}");
   private StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
   private PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(new StringBufferWriter(buffer));
   /**