diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/serve/utils/server_utils.py b/vllm/entrypoints/serve/utils/server_utils.py
index d24d492b61ed..2c39fad1f313 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/serve/utils/server_utils.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/serve/utils/server_utils.py
@@ -142,31 +142,27 @@ def get_uvicorn_log_config(args: Namespace) -> dict | None:
 
     Priority:
     1. If log_config_file is specified, use it
-    2. If disable_access_log_for_endpoints is specified, create a config with
-       the access log filter
-    3. Otherwise, return None (use uvicorn defaults)
+    2. Otherwise, create a config (with optional endpoint filtering) that
+       includes timestamps in access logs to match other vLLM log lines.
     """
     # First, try to load from file if specified
     log_config = load_log_config(args.log_config_file)
     if log_config is not None:
         return log_config
 
-    # If endpoints to filter are specified, create a config with the filter
-    if args.disable_access_log_for_endpoints:
-        from vllm.logging_utils import create_uvicorn_log_config
+    from vllm.logging_utils import create_uvicorn_log_config
 
-        # Parse comma-separated string into list
+    excluded_paths = []
+    if args.disable_access_log_for_endpoints:
         excluded_paths = [
             p.strip()
             for p in args.disable_access_log_for_endpoints.split(",")
             if p.strip()
         ]
-        return create_uvicorn_log_config(
-            excluded_paths=excluded_paths,
-            log_level=args.uvicorn_log_level,
-        )
-
-    return None
+    return create_uvicorn_log_config(
+        excluded_paths=excluded_paths,
+        log_level=args.uvicorn_log_level,
+    )
 
 
 def _extract_content_from_chunk(chunk_data: dict) -> str:
diff --git a/vllm/logging_utils/access_log_filter.py b/vllm/logging_utils/access_log_filter.py
index 5501bd5bc6e8..8a999b8589de 100644
--- a/vllm/logging_utils/access_log_filter.py
+++ b/vllm/logging_utils/access_log_filter.py
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ def create_uvicorn_log_config(
             },
             "access": {
                 "()": "uvicorn.logging.AccessFormatter",
-                "fmt": '%(levelprefix)s %(client_addr)s - "%(request_line)s" %(status_code)s',  # noqa: E501
+                "fmt": '%(levelprefix)s %(asctime)s %(client_addr)s - "%(request_line)s" %(status_code)s',  # noqa: E501
+                "datefmt": "%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
             },
         },
         "handlers": {