diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3de2a44..ea84d73 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 - Commands spawn from the current directory of the foreground shell in Unix-like systems
 - Remove trailing newline from strings taken from hints or simple/semantic selections
 - Builtin font is now used for box drawing characters from `U+2500` to `U+259f`
+- Logs now print the time since startup instead of the local time
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b1139e3..5db47c1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
  "serde_json",
  "serde_yaml",
  "structopt",
- "time",
  "unicode-width",
  "wayland-client",
  "winapi 0.3.9",
@@ -134,9 +133,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
-version = "3.8.0"
+version = "3.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8f1e260c3a9040a7c19a12468758f4c16f31a81a1fe087482be9570ec864bb6c"
+checksum = "a4a45a46ab1f2412e53d3a0ade76ffad2025804294569aae387231a0cd6e0899"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "calloop"
@@ -202,9 +201,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cmake"
-version = "0.1.46"
+version = "0.1.48"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b7b858541263efe664aead4a5209a4ae5c5d2811167d4ed4ee0944503f8d2089"
+checksum = "e8ad8cef104ac57b68b89df3208164d228503abbdce70f6880ffa3d970e7443a"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
@@ -420,17 +419,6 @@
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "derivative"
-version = "2.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fcc3dd5e9e9c0b295d6e1e4d811fb6f157d5ffd784b8d202fc62eac8035a770b"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
-[[package]]
 name = "dirs"
 version = "3.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -749,9 +737,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bc633605454125dec4b66843673f01c7df2b89479b32e0ed634e43a91cff62a5"
+checksum = "282a6247722caba404c065016bbfa522806e51714c34f5dfc3e4a3a46fcb4223"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -800,12 +788,6 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
-version = "0.4.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b71991ff56294aa922b450139ee08b3bfc70982c6b2c7562771375cf73542dd4"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1aab8fc367588b89dcee83ab0fd66b72b50b72fa1904d7095045ace2b0c81c35"
@@ -861,9 +843,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.109"
+version = "0.2.112"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f98a04dce437184842841303488f70d0188c5f51437d2a834dc097eafa909a01"
+checksum = "1b03d17f364a3a042d5e5d46b053bbbf82c92c9430c592dd4c064dc6ee997125"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libloading"
@@ -1147,19 +1129,18 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num_enum"
-version = "0.5.4"
+version = "0.5.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3f9bd055fb730c4f8f4f57d45d35cd6b3f0980535b056dc7ff119cee6a66ed6f"
+checksum = "720d3ea1055e4e4574c0c0b0f8c3fd4f24c4cdaf465948206dea090b57b526ad"
 dependencies = [
- "derivative",
  "num_enum_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num_enum_derive"
-version = "0.5.4"
+version = "0.5.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "486ea01961c4a818096de679a8b740b26d9033146ac5291b1c98557658f8cdd9"
+checksum = "0d992b768490d7fe0d8586d9b5745f6c49f557da6d81dc982b1d167ad4edbb21"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-crate",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -1198,9 +1179,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "692fcb63b64b1758029e0a96ee63e049ce8c5948587f2f7208df04625e5f6b56"
+checksum = "da32515d9f6e6e489d7bc9d84c71b060db7247dc035bbe44eac88cf87486d8d5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "osmesa-sys"
@@ -1295,18 +1276,27 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.33"
+version = "1.0.36"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fb37d2df5df740e582f28f8560cf425f52bb267d872fe58358eadb554909f07a"
+checksum = "c7342d5883fbccae1cc37a2353b09c87c9b0f3afd73f5fb9bba687a1f733b029"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "quote"
-version = "1.0.10"
+name = "quick-xml"
+version = "0.22.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "38bc8cc6a5f2e3655e0899c1b848643b2562f853f114bfec7be120678e3ace05"
+checksum = "8533f14c8382aaad0d592c812ac3b826162128b65662331e1127b45c3d18536b"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "quote"
+version = "1.0.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "47aa80447ce4daf1717500037052af176af5d38cc3e571d9ec1c7353fc10c87d"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
@@ -1356,9 +1346,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
-version = "1.0.7"
+version = "1.0.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "254df5081ce98661a883445175e52efe99d1cb2a5552891d965d2f5d0cad1c16"
+checksum = "73b4b750c782965c211b42f022f59af1fbceabdd026623714f104152f1ec149f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "same-file"
@@ -1407,7 +1397,7 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ee2bb9cd061c5865d345bb02ca49fcef1391741b672b54a0bf7b679badec3142"
 dependencies = [
- "itoa 1.0.1",
+ "itoa",
  "ryu",
  "serde",
 ]
@@ -1457,9 +1447,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook"
-version = "0.3.12"
+version = "0.3.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c35dfd12afb7828318348b8c408383cf5071a086c1d4ab1c0f9840ec92dbb922"
+checksum = "647c97df271007dcea485bb74ffdb57f2e683f1306c854f468a0c244badabf2d"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "signal-hook-registry",
@@ -1571,9 +1561,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "1.0.82"
+version = "1.0.85"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8daf5dd0bb60cbd4137b1b587d2fc0ae729bc07cf01cd70b36a1ed5ade3b9d59"
+checksum = "a684ac3dcd8913827e18cd09a68384ee66c1de24157e3c556c9ab16d85695fb7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1610,23 +1600,6 @@
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "time"
-version = "0.3.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "41effe7cfa8af36f439fac33861b66b049edc6f9a32331e2312660529c1c24ad"
-dependencies = [
- "itoa 0.4.8",
- "libc",
- "time-macros",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "time-macros"
-version = "0.2.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "25eb0ca3468fc0acc11828786797f6ef9aa1555e4a211a60d64cc8e4d1be47d6"
-
-[[package]]
 name = "toml"
 version = "0.5.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -1667,9 +1640,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5fecdca9a5291cc2b8dcf7dc02453fee791a280f3743cb0905f8822ae463b3fe"
+checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vswhom"
@@ -1982,9 +1955,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "x11-clipboard"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b397ace6e980510de59a4fe3d4c758dffab231d6d747ce9fa1aba6b6035d5f32"
+checksum = "473068b7b80ac86a18328824f1054e5e007898c47b5bbc281bd7abe32bc3653c"
 dependencies = [
  "xcb",
 ]
@@ -2002,12 +1975,13 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xcb"
-version = "0.9.0"
+version = "0.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "62056f63138b39116f82a540c983cc11f1c90cd70b3d492a70c25eaa50bd22a6"
+checksum = "771e2b996df720cd1c6dd9ff90f62d91698fd3610cc078388d0564bdd6622a9c"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
+ "quick-xml",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/alacritty/Cargo.toml b/alacritty/Cargo.toml
index 67b18eb..f6d0f6e 100644
--- a/alacritty/Cargo.toml
+++ b/alacritty/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 [dependencies]
 structopt = "0.3.22"
 log = { version = "0.4", features = ["std", "serde"] }
-time = { version = "0.3.5", features = ["formatting", "local-offset", "macros"] }
 fnv = "1"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_yaml = "0.8"
diff --git a/alacritty/src/logging.rs b/alacritty/src/logging.rs
index 0ed3722..3ac40e4 100644
--- a/alacritty/src/logging.rs
+++ b/alacritty/src/logging.rs
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::time::Instant;
 use std::{env, process};
 
 use glutin::event_loop::EventLoopProxy;
 use log::{self, Level, LevelFilter};
-use time::macros::format_description;
-use time::{OffsetDateTime, UtcOffset};
 
 use crate::cli::Options;
 use crate::event::{Event, EventType};
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@
     logfile: Mutex<OnDemandLogFile>,
     stdout: Mutex<LineWriter<Stdout>>,
     event_proxy: Mutex<EventLoopProxy<Event>>,
-    tz_offset: UtcOffset,
+    start: Instant,
 }
 
 impl Logger {
@@ -51,12 +50,7 @@
         let logfile = Mutex::new(OnDemandLogFile::new());
         let stdout = Mutex::new(LineWriter::new(io::stdout()));
 
-        Logger {
-            logfile,
-            stdout,
-            event_proxy: Mutex::new(event_proxy),
-            tz_offset: UtcOffset::current_local_offset().expect("local timezone offset"),
-        }
+        Logger { logfile, stdout, event_proxy: Mutex::new(event_proxy), start: Instant::now() }
     }
 
     fn file_path(&self) -> Option<PathBuf> {
@@ -116,7 +110,7 @@
         }
 
         // Create log message for the given `record` and `target`.
-        let message = create_log_message(record, target, self.tz_offset);
+        let message = create_log_message(record, target, self.start);
 
         if let Ok(mut logfile) = self.logfile.lock() {
             // Write to logfile.
@@ -135,12 +129,11 @@
     fn flush(&self) {}
 }
 
-fn create_log_message(record: &log::Record<'_>, target: &str, tz_offset: UtcOffset) -> String {
-    let time_format = format_description!(
-        "[year]-[month]-[day] [hour repr:24]:[minute]:[second].[subsecond digits:9]"
-    );
-    let now = OffsetDateTime::now_utc().to_offset(tz_offset).format(time_format).unwrap();
-    let mut message = format!("[{}] [{:<5}] [{}] ", now, record.level(), target);
+fn create_log_message(record: &log::Record<'_>, target: &str, start: Instant) -> String {
+    let runtime = start.elapsed();
+    let secs = runtime.as_secs();
+    let nanos = runtime.subsec_nanos();
+    let mut message = format!("[{}.{:0>9}s] [{:<5}] [{}] ", secs, nanos, record.level(), target);
 
     // Alignment for the lines after the first new line character in the payload. We don't deal
     // with fullwidth/unicode chars here, so just `message.len()` is sufficient.