diff --git a/include/plog/Formatters/CsvFormatter.h b/include/plog/Formatters/CsvFormatter.h
index 637c4167..f309c6d4 100644
--- a/include/plog/Formatters/CsvFormatter.h
+++ b/include/plog/Formatters/CsvFormatter.h
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ namespace plog
             util::localtime_s(&t, &record.getTime().time);
 
             util::nostringstream ss;
-            ss << t.tm_year + 1900 << PLOG_NSTR("/") << std::setfill(PLOG_NSTR('0')) << std::setw(2) << t.tm_mon + 1 << PLOG_NSTR("/") << std::setfill(PLOG_NSTR('0')) << std::setw(2) << t.tm_mday << PLOG_NSTR(";");
-            ss << std::setfill(PLOG_NSTR('0')) << std::setw(2) << t.tm_hour << PLOG_NSTR(":") << std::setfill(PLOG_NSTR('0')) << std::setw(2) << t.tm_min << PLOG_NSTR(":") << std::setfill(PLOG_NSTR('0')) << std::setw(2) << t.tm_sec << PLOG_NSTR(".") << std::setfill(PLOG_NSTR('0')) << std::setw(3) << record.getTime().millitm << PLOG_NSTR(";");
+            util::nstring date, timeofday;
+            util::formatTime(&record.getTime(), &date, &timeofday);
+            ss << date << PLOG_NSTR(";") << timeofday << PLOG_NSTR(";");
             ss << severityToString(record.getSeverity()) << PLOG_NSTR(";");
             ss << record.getTid() << PLOG_NSTR(";");
             ss << record.getObject() << PLOG_NSTR(";");
diff --git a/include/plog/Formatters/TxtFormatter.h b/include/plog/Formatters/TxtFormatter.h
index df8ef240..37fc9636 100644
--- a/include/plog/Formatters/TxtFormatter.h
+++ b/include/plog/Formatters/TxtFormatter.h
@@ -15,12 +15,10 @@ namespace plog
 
         static util::nstring format(const Record& record)
         {
-            tm t;
-            util::localtime_s(&t, &record.getTime().time);
-
             util::nostringstream ss;
-            ss << t.tm_year + 1900 << "-" << std::setfill(PLOG_NSTR('0')) << std::setw(2) << t.tm_mon + 1 << PLOG_NSTR("-") << std::setfill(PLOG_NSTR('0')) << std::setw(2) << t.tm_mday << PLOG_NSTR(" ");
-            ss << std::setfill(PLOG_NSTR('0')) << std::setw(2) << t.tm_hour << PLOG_NSTR(":") << std::setfill(PLOG_NSTR('0')) << std::setw(2) << t.tm_min << PLOG_NSTR(":") << std::setfill(PLOG_NSTR('0')) << std::setw(2) << t.tm_sec << PLOG_NSTR(".") << std::setfill(PLOG_NSTR('0')) << std::setw(3) << record.getTime().millitm << PLOG_NSTR(" ");
+            util::nstring date, timeofday;
+            util::formatTime(&record.getTime(), &date, &timeofday);
+            ss << date << PLOG_NSTR(" ") << timeofday << PLOG_NSTR(" ");
             ss << std::setfill(PLOG_NSTR(' ')) << std::setw(5) << std::left << severityToString(record.getSeverity()) << PLOG_NSTR(" ");
             ss << PLOG_NSTR("[") << record.getTid() << PLOG_NSTR("] ");
             ss << PLOG_NSTR("[") << record.getFunc() << PLOG_NSTR("@") << record.getLine() << PLOG_NSTR("] ");
diff --git a/include/plog/Util.h b/include/plog/Util.h
index 86b8ca31..08af4b03 100644
--- a/include/plog/Util.h
+++ b/include/plog/Util.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <cstdio>
+#include <iomanip>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -90,6 +91,23 @@ namespace plog
         }
 #endif
 
+        inline void formatTime(const Time* time, nstring* date, nstring* timeofday)
+        {
+            struct tm t;
+            util::localtime_s(&t, &(time->time));
+
+            if (date != NULL) {
+                nostringstream ss;
+                ss << t.tm_year + 1900 << "-" << std::setfill(PLOG_NSTR('0')) << std::setw(2) << t.tm_mon + 1 << PLOG_NSTR("-") << std::setfill(PLOG_NSTR('0')) << std::setw(2) << t.tm_mday;
+                *date = ss.str();
+            }
+            if (timeofday != NULL) {
+                nostringstream ss;
+                ss << std::setfill(PLOG_NSTR('0')) << std::setw(2) << t.tm_hour << PLOG_NSTR(":") << std::setfill(PLOG_NSTR('0')) << std::setw(2) << t.tm_min << PLOG_NSTR(":") << std::setfill(PLOG_NSTR('0')) << std::setw(2) << t.tm_sec << PLOG_NSTR(".") << std::setfill(PLOG_NSTR('0')) << std::setw(3) << time->millitm;
+                *timeofday = ss.str();
+            }
+        }
+
         inline unsigned int gettid()
         {
 #ifdef _WIN32