diff --git a/logger.js b/logger.js
index 8ddc418..ae4953a 100644
--- a/logger.js
+++ b/logger.js
@@ -2,6 +2,31 @@ const { inspect } = require('util')
 
 const self = {}
 
+// Only show shortened version (time) during development
+const short = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development'
+
+const now = () => {
+  const time = new Date()
+  const parsed = {
+    hours: time.getHours(),
+    minutes: time.getMinutes(),
+    seconds: time.getSeconds()
+  }
+
+  if (!short) {
+    parsed.month = time.getMonth() + 1
+    parsed.date = time.getDate()
+  }
+
+  // Add leading zeroes and slice
+  Object.keys(parsed).forEach(key => {
+    parsed[key] = ('0' + parsed[key]).slice(-2)
+  })
+
+  return (!short ? `${time.getFullYear()}-${parsed.month}-${parsed.date} ` : '') +
+    `${parsed.hours}:${parsed.minutes}:${parsed.seconds}`
+}
+
 const clean = item => {
   if (typeof item === 'string') return item
   const cleaned = inspect(item, { depth: 0 })
@@ -9,11 +34,8 @@ const clean = item => {
 }
 
 const write = (content, options = {}) => {
-  const date = new Date().toISOString()
-    .replace(/T/, ' ')
-    .replace(/\..*/, '')
   const stream = options.error ? process.stderr : process.stdout
-  stream.write(`[${date}]: ${options.prefix || ''}${clean(content)}\n`)
+  stream.write(`[${now()}] ${options.prefix || ''}${clean(content)}\n`)
 }
 
 self.log = write