diff -aruN a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
--- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c	2017-03-07 13:38:44.406178588 -0800
+++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c	2017-03-07 13:34:40.891055910 -0800
@@ -665,33 +665,12 @@
 
 	/* Jan 18 00:11:22 msg... */
 	/* 01234567890123456 */
-	if (len < 16 || msg[3] != ' ' || msg[6] != ' '
+	if (!(len < 16 || msg[3] != ' ' || msg[6] != ' '
 	 || msg[9] != ':' || msg[12] != ':' || msg[15] != ' '
-	) {
-		tmp = generate_time(&tvnow, &tmnow);
-	} else {
-		struct tm local;
-		tvnow.tv_sec = time(NULL);
-		localtime_r(&tvnow.tv_sec, &local);
-		if (strptime(msg, "%h %e %T", &parsed) != NULL) {
-
-			parsed.tm_gmtoff	= local.tm_gmtoff;
-			parsed.tm_zone		= local.tm_zone;
-			parsed.tm_year		= local.tm_year;
-			parsed.tm_isdst		= local.tm_isdst;
-			tvnow.tv_sec = mktime(&parsed);
-			tvnow.tv_usec = 0;
-
-			if (option_mask32 & OPT_utc) {
-				tmp = gmtime_r(&tvnow.tv_sec, &tmnow);
-			} else {
-				tmp = &parsed;
-			}
-		} else {
-			tmp  = generate_time(&tvnow, &tmnow);
-		}
+	)) {
 		msg += 16;
 	}
+	tmp = generate_time(&tvnow, &tmnow);
 	n = strftime(timestamp, sizeof(timestamp), "%F %T", tmp);
 	snprintf(timestamp + n, sizeof(timestamp) - n, ".%06ld", tvnow.tv_usec);