diff --git a/middleware/errors/errors.go b/middleware/errors/errors.go
index ce9a7cd8..8f1e04b4 100644
--- a/middleware/errors/errors.go
+++ b/middleware/errors/errors.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/mholt/caddy/middleware"
 )
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ func (h ErrorHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (int, er
 	status, err := h.Next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 
 	if err != nil {
-		h.Log.Printf("[ERROR %d %s] %v", status, r.URL.Path, err)
+		h.Log.Printf("%s [ERROR %d %s] %v", time.Now().Format(timeFormat), status, r.URL.Path, err)
 	}
 
 	if status >= 400 {
@@ -107,8 +108,9 @@ func (h ErrorHandler) recovery(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	// Currently we don't use the function name, as file:line is more conventional
-	h.Log.Printf("[PANIC %s] %s:%d - %v", r.URL.String(), file, line, rec)
+	h.Log.Printf("%s [PANIC %s] %s:%d - %v", time.Now().Format(timeFormat), r.URL.String(), file, line, rec)
 	h.errorPage(w, http.StatusInternalServerError)
 }
 
 const DefaultLogFilename = "error.log"
+const timeFormat = "02/Jan/2006:15:04:05 -0700"
diff --git a/middleware/errors/errors_test.go b/middleware/errors/errors_test.go
index 66319f02..7f975bc9 100644
--- a/middleware/errors/errors_test.go
+++ b/middleware/errors/errors_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/mholt/caddy/middleware"
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ func TestErrors(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("Test %d: Expected body %q, but got %q",
 				i, test.expectedBody, body)
 		}
-		if log := buf.String(); log != test.expectedLog {
+		if log := buf.String(); !strings.Contains(log, test.expectedLog) {
 			t.Errorf("Test %d: Expected log %q, but got %q",
 				i, test.expectedLog, log)
 		}