diff --git a/apps/openmw-mp/main.cpp b/apps/openmw-mp/main.cpp
index 96af274cc..79037a2b8 100644
--- a/apps/openmw-mp/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw-mp/main.cpp
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         // Redirect cout and cerr to tes3mp server log
 
         logfile.open(boost::filesystem::path(
-                cfgMgr.getLogPath() / "/tes3mp-server-" += Log::getFilenameTimestamp() += ".log"));
+                cfgMgr.getLogPath() / "/tes3mp-server-" += Utils::getFilenameTimestamp() += ".log"));
 
         coutsb.open(Tee(logfile, oldcout));
         cerrsb.open(Tee(logfile, oldcerr));
diff --git a/apps/openmw/main.cpp b/apps/openmw/main.cpp
index d482dcf6d..328cdef55 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/main.cpp
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ int main(int argc, char**argv)
             that includes a timestamp
         */
         // Redirect cout and cerr to tes3mp client log
-        logfile.open (boost::filesystem::path(cfgMgr.getLogPath() / "/tes3mp-client-" += Log::getFilenameTimestamp() += ".log"));
+        logfile.open (boost::filesystem::path(cfgMgr.getLogPath() / "/tes3mp-client-" += Utils::getFilenameTimestamp() += ".log"));
         /*
             End of tes3mp change (major)
         */
diff --git a/components/openmw-mp/Log.hpp b/components/openmw-mp/Log.hpp
index c2a648037..54e834570 100644
--- a/components/openmw-mp/Log.hpp
+++ b/components/openmw-mp/Log.hpp
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ public:
     void SetLevel(int level);
     void print(int level, bool hasPrefix, const char *file, int line, const char *message, ...) const;
 
-    static std::string getFilenameTimestamp();
 
     Log(const Log &) = delete;
     Log &operator=(Log &) = delete;
diff --git a/components/openmw-mp/Utils.cpp b/components/openmw-mp/Utils.cpp
index a4a4b6e7b..bba0c47ac 100644
--- a/components/openmw-mp/Utils.cpp
+++ b/components/openmw-mp/Utils.cpp
@@ -196,3 +196,12 @@ string Utils::intToHexStr(unsigned val)
     sstr << "0x" << setfill('0') << setw(8) << uppercase << hex << val;
     return sstr.str();
 }
+
+string Utils::getFilenameTimestamp()
+{
+    time_t rawtime = time(nullptr);
+    struct tm *timeinfo = localtime(&rawtime);
+    char buffer[25];
+    strftime(buffer, 25, "%Y-%m-%d-%H_%M_%S", timeinfo);
+    return string(buffer);
+}
diff --git a/components/openmw-mp/Utils.hpp b/components/openmw-mp/Utils.hpp
index 448cb13d7..47e264358 100644
--- a/components/openmw-mp/Utils.hpp
+++ b/components/openmw-mp/Utils.hpp
@@ -40,5 +40,7 @@ namespace Utils
 
     void printWithWidth(std::ostringstream &sstr, std::string str, size_t width);
     std::string intToHexStr(unsigned val);
+
+    std::string getFilenameTimestamp();
 }
 #endif //UTILS_HPP