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diff --git a/mudpy/misc.py b/mudpy/misc.py
index 76f4099..dce3ea6 100644
--- a/mudpy/misc.py
+++ b/mudpy/misc.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # provided in the LICENSE file distributed with this software.
 
 import codecs
+import datetime
 import os
 import random
 import re
@@ -660,6 +661,20 @@ class User:
             self.error = False
             self.adjust_echoing()
 
+    def prompt(self):
+        """"Generate and return an input prompt."""
+
+        # Start with the user's preference, if one was provided
+        prompt = self.account.get("prompt")
+
+        # If the user has not set a prompt, then immediately return the default
+        # provided for the current state
+        if not prompt:
+            return get_menu_prompt(self.state)
+
+        # Return the cooked prompt
+        return "%s " % prompt
+
     def adjust_echoing(self):
         """Adjust echoing to match state menu requirements."""
         if mudpy.telnet.is_enabled(self, mudpy.telnet.TELOPT_ECHO,
@@ -722,7 +737,7 @@ class User:
                 if not just_prompt:
                     output += "$(eol)"
                 if add_prompt:
-                    output += self.account.get("prompt", ">") + " "
+                    output += self.prompt()
                     mode = self.avatar.get("mode")
                     if mode:
                         output += "(" + mode + ") "
@@ -986,7 +1001,7 @@ def log(message, level=0):
         file_name = ""
         max_log_lines = 0
         syslog_name = ""
-    timestamp = time.asctime()[4:19]
+    timestamp = datetime.datetime.now().isoformat(' ')
 
     # turn the message into a list of nonempty lines
     lines = [x for x in [(x.rstrip()) for x in message.split("\n")] if x != ""]