diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 68f721d..8e97434 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ Changelog
 1.0.9 (unreleased)
 ------------------
 
-- Nothing changed yet.
+- Enable timestamp logging.
+  [cekk]
 
 
 1.0.8 (2026-06-15)
diff --git a/src/redturtle/rsync/adapters/adapter.py b/src/redturtle/rsync/adapters/adapter.py
index 801a1fb..d0fc54b 100644
--- a/src/redturtle/rsync/adapters/adapter.py
+++ b/src/redturtle/rsync/adapters/adapter.py
@@ -280,6 +280,15 @@ def create_or_update_item(self, row):
         else:
             self.update_item(item=item, row=row)
 
+    def _get_create_error_message(self, row, e):
+        return api.portal.translate(
+            _(
+                "create_item_error_msg",
+                default="[ERROR] Unable to create item ${row}: ${e}",
+                mapping={"row": row, "e": str(e)},
+            )
+        )
+
     def create_item(self, row):
         """
         Create the item.
@@ -287,13 +296,7 @@ def create_item(self, row):
         try:
             res = self.do_create_item(row=row)
         except Exception as e:
-            msg = api.portal.translate(
-                _(
-                    "create_item_error_msg",
-                    default="[ERROR] Unable to create item ${row}: ${e}",
-                    mapping={"row": row, "e": str(e)},
-                )
-            )
+            msg = self._get_create_error_message(row, e)
             self.log_info(msg=msg, type="error")
             return
         if not res:
diff --git a/src/redturtle/rsync/scripts/rsync.py b/src/redturtle/rsync/scripts/rsync.py
index 74023dc..4e82305 100644
--- a/src/redturtle/rsync/scripts/rsync.py
+++ b/src/redturtle/rsync/scripts/rsync.py
@@ -12,6 +12,26 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
+# same format used by Zope in wsgi.ini
+LOG_FORMAT = "%(asctime)s %(levelname)-7.7s [%(name)s] %(message)s"
+LOG_DATE_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+
+
+def setup_logging():
+    """
+    "bin/instance run" does not setup the logging, so every message is printed
+    with the Python default format, without the timestamp.
+
+    Set our format on the root logger, to have the timestamp on every line.
+    """
+    root = logging.getLogger()
+    if not root.handlers:
+        root.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler())
+    formatter = logging.Formatter(fmt=LOG_FORMAT, datefmt=LOG_DATE_FORMAT)
+    for handler in root.handlers:
+        handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+    root.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
 
 class ScriptRunner:
     """
@@ -79,7 +99,7 @@ def rsync(self):
         Do the rsync.
         """
         start = datetime.now()
-        logger.info(f"[{start}] - START RSYNC")
+        logger.info("START RSYNC")
 
         # setup environment
         self.adapter.setup_environment()
@@ -127,9 +147,7 @@ def rsync(self):
         minutes = (total_seconds % 3600) // 60
         seconds = total_seconds % 60
 
-        logger.info(
-            f"[{end}] - END RSYNC (duration {hours:02d}:{minutes:02d}:{seconds:02d})"
-        )
+        logger.info(f"END RSYNC (duration {hours:02d}:{minutes:02d}:{seconds:02d})")
 
 
 def _main(args):
@@ -145,6 +163,7 @@ def _main(args):
 
 
 def main():
+    setup_logging()
     _main(sys.argv[3:])