diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 189ddd409..814e30e01 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ver 0.24.1 (not yet released)
 * output
   - sndio: fix rounding error in volume calculation
+* log: include year in time stamp
 * fix build failure in the "id3tag" Meson subproject
 
 ver 0.24 (2025/03/11)
diff --git a/src/LogBackend.cxx b/src/LogBackend.cxx
index dcb9a93c4..67c1e4caa 100644
--- a/src/LogBackend.cxx
+++ b/src/LogBackend.cxx
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ EnableLogTimestamp() noexcept
 static std::string_view
 log_date() noexcept
 {
-	static constexpr size_t LOG_DATE_BUF_SIZE = std::char_traits<char>::length("Jan 22 15:43:14 : ") + 1;
+	static constexpr size_t LOG_DATE_BUF_SIZE = std::char_traits<char>::length("2025-01-22 15:43:14 : ") + 1;
 	static char buf[LOG_DATE_BUF_SIZE];
 	time_t t = time(nullptr);
-	return FmtUnsafeSV(buf, "{:%b %d %T} : "sv, fmt::localtime(t));
+	return FmtUnsafeSV(buf, "{:%F %T} : "sv, fmt::localtime(t));
 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG