diff --git a/smartgears/smartgears/templates/logback.xml.j2 b/smartgears/smartgears/templates/logback.xml.j2
index d4984fa..6dd1d06 100644
--- a/smartgears/smartgears/templates/logback.xml.j2
+++ b/smartgears/smartgears/templates/logback.xml.j2
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <file>{{ smartgears_log_dir }}/ghn.log</file>
     <append>true</append>
     <encoder>
-      <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{0}: %msg%n</pattern>
+      <pattern>%date [%thread] %-5level %logger{0}: %msg%n</pattern>
     </encoder>
 {% if smartgears_log_use_timesize_appender %}
     <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedRollingPolicy">
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <file>{{ smartgears_log_dir }}/accounting.log</file>
     <append>true</append>
     <encoder>
-      <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{0}: %msg%n</pattern>
+      <pattern>%date [%thread] %-5level %logger{0}: %msg%n</pattern>
     </encoder>
 {% if smartgears_log_use_timesize_appender %}
     <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedRollingPolicy">
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <file>{{ smartgears_log_dir }}/access.log</file>
     <append>true</append>
     <encoder>
-      <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{0}: %msg%n</pattern>
+      <pattern>%date [%thread] %-5level %logger{0}: %msg%n</pattern>
     </encoder>
 {% if smartgears_log_use_timesize_appender %}
     <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedRollingPolicy">
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     <file>{{ smartgears_log_dir }}/analysis.log</file>
     <append>true</append>
     <encoder>
-      <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{0}: %msg%n</pattern>
+      <pattern>%date [%thread] %-5level %logger{0}: %msg%n</pattern>
     </encoder>
 {% if smartgears_log_use_timesize_appender %}
     <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedRollingPolicy">
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     <file>/home/gcube/tomcat/logs/{{ obj.appender_file_name }}.log</file>
     <append>true</append>
     <encoder>
-      <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{0}: %msg%n</pattern>
+      <pattern>%date [%thread] %-5level %logger{0}: %msg%n</pattern>
     </encoder>
     <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedRollingPolicy">
       <fileNamePattern>/home/gcube/tomcat/logs/{{ obj.appender_file_name | default('custom') }}.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.log</fileNamePattern>