diff --git a/src/logging/subsystem.test.ts b/src/logging/subsystem.test.ts
index e389d78ba8ac5..fd1240080cbcd 100644
--- a/src/logging/subsystem.test.ts
+++ b/src/logging/subsystem.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import * as consoleModule from "./console.js";
 import { setConsoleSubsystemFilter } from "./console.js";
 import { resetLogger, setLoggerOverride } from "./logger.js";
 import { createSubsystemLogger } from "./subsystem.js";
@@ -53,4 +54,16 @@ describe("createSubsystemLogger().isEnabled", () => {
     expect(log.isEnabled("info", "file")).toBe(true);
     expect(log.isEnabled("info")).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  it("uses local console timestamp formatter for pretty output", () => {
+    setLoggerOverride({ level: "silent", consoleLevel: "info", consoleStyle: "pretty" });
+    const timestampSpy = vi.spyOn(consoleModule, "formatConsoleTimestamp");
+    const consoleSpy = vi.spyOn(console, "log").mockImplementation(() => {});
+    const log = createSubsystemLogger("agent/embedded");
+
+    log.info("hello");
+
+    expect(timestampSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("pretty");
+    expect(consoleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/logging/subsystem.ts b/src/logging/subsystem.ts
index 32fe853f081cf..44c9794bdb0f5 100644
--- a/src/logging/subsystem.ts
+++ b/src/logging/subsystem.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ import { CHAT_CHANNEL_ORDER } from "../channels/registry.js";
 import { isVerbose } from "../globals.js";
 import { defaultRuntime, type RuntimeEnv } from "../runtime.js";
 import { clearActiveProgressLine } from "../terminal/progress-line.js";
-import { getConsoleSettings, shouldLogSubsystemToConsole } from "./console.js";
+import {
+  formatConsoleTimestamp,
+  getConsoleSettings,
+  shouldLogSubsystemToConsole,
+} from "./console.js";
 import { type LogLevel, levelToMinLevel } from "./levels.js";
 import { getChildLogger, isFileLogLevelEnabled } from "./logger.js";
 import { loggingState } from "./state.js";
@@ -209,10 +213,10 @@ function formatConsoleLine(opts: {
   const displayMessage = stripRedundantSubsystemPrefixForConsole(opts.message, displaySubsystem);
   const time = (() => {
     if (opts.style === "pretty") {
-      return color.gray(new Date().toISOString().slice(11, 19));
+      return color.gray(formatConsoleTimestamp("pretty"));
     }
     if (loggingState.consoleTimestampPrefix) {
-      return color.gray(new Date().toISOString());
+      return color.gray(formatConsoleTimestamp(opts.style));
     }
     return "";
   })();