diff --git a/asc2log.c b/asc2log.c
index 4935de0..de619c0 100644
--- a/asc2log.c
+++ b/asc2log.c
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ void eval_canfd(char* buf, struct timeval *date_tvp, char timestamps, int dplace
 int get_date(struct timeval *tv, char *date) {
 
 	struct tm tms;
+	unsigned int msecs = 0;
 
 	if (strcasestr(date, " pm ") != NULL) {
 		/* assume EN/US date due to existing am/pm field */
@@ -338,6 +339,8 @@ int get_date(struct timeval *tv, char *date) {
 			   before parsing the real year value (hack) */
 			if (!strptime(date, "%B %d %I:%M:%S.%Y %p %Y", &tms))
 				return 1;
+			else
+				sscanf(date, "%*s %*d %*d:%*d:%*d.%3u ", &msecs);
 		}
 
 	} else {
@@ -354,14 +357,17 @@ int get_date(struct timeval *tv, char *date) {
 			   before parsing the real year value (hack) */
 			if (!strptime(date, "%B %d %H:%M:%S.%Y %Y", &tms))
 				return 1;
+			else
+				sscanf(date, "%*s %*d %*d:%*d:%*d.%3u ", &msecs);
 		}
 	}
     
-	//printf("h %d m %d s %d d %d m %d y %d\n",
-	//tms.tm_hour, tms.tm_min, tms.tm_sec,
+	//printf("h %d m %d s %d ms %03d d %d m %d y %d\n",
+	//tms.tm_hour, tms.tm_min, tms.tm_sec, msecs,
 	//tms.tm_mday, tms.tm_mon+1, tms.tm_year+1900);
 
 	tv->tv_sec = mktime(&tms);
+	tv->tv_usec = msecs * 1000;
 
 	if (tv->tv_sec < 0)
 		return 1;