diff --git a/gotham/Cargo.toml b/gotham/Cargo.toml
index 29f3924c..bc2976cc 100644
--- a/gotham/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gotham/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ anyhow = "1.0"
 base64 = "0.13"
 bincode = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 bytes = "1.0"
-chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["clock"], default-features = false }
 cookie = "0.15"
 futures-util = "0.3.14"
 httpdate = "1.0"
@@ -50,6 +49,7 @@ rand_chacha = "0.3"
 regex = "1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "1.0"
+time = {version = "0.3.4", default-features = false, features = ["std", "formatting", "macros"]}
 tokio = { version = "1.11.0", features = ["net", "rt-multi-thread", "time", "fs", "io-util"] }
 tokio-rustls = { version = "0.23", optional = true }
 uuid = { version = "0.8", features = ["v4"] }
diff --git a/gotham/src/helpers/timing.rs b/gotham/src/helpers/timing.rs
index 4fb16156..ebd46577 100644
--- a/gotham/src/helpers/timing.rs
+++ b/gotham/src/helpers/timing.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 //! Defines types for timing requests and emitting timing information.
-use chrono::prelude::*;
 use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use time::OffsetDateTime;
 
 /// Timer struct used to record execution times of requests.
 ///
@@ -8,56 +10,76 @@ use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
 /// suitable for use with requset logging middlewares.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 pub(crate) struct Timer {
-    start: DateTime<Utc>,
+    // We use 2 start fields
+    // because we want formattable time to print start time
+    // but we cannot use it to calculate duration because it is not monotonic.
+    //
+    // It is possible that we spent a lot of time between initialization of fields,
+    // for example, if current thread unscheduled by OS but it should be very rare.
+    // On the other hand, adjusting system clock by NTP is much more possible.
+    start_monotonic: Instant,
+    start_formattable: OffsetDateTime,
 }
 
 impl Timer {
     /// Begins measuring from the current time.
     pub(crate) fn new() -> Timer {
-        Timer { start: Utc::now() }
+        Timer {
+            start_monotonic: Instant::now(),
+            start_formattable: OffsetDateTime::now_utc(),
+        }
     }
 
     /// Finishes measuring, and returns the elapsed time as a `Timing` value.
     pub(crate) fn elapsed(&self) -> Timing {
-        let duration = Utc::now()
-            .signed_duration_since(self.start)
-            .num_microseconds();
-
-        match duration {
-            Some(dur) => Timing::Microseconds(dur),
-            None => Timing::Invalid,
-        }
+        let duration = self.start_monotonic.elapsed();
+        Timing(duration)
     }
 
     /// Retrieves the start time of this timer.
-    pub(crate) fn start_time(&self) -> &DateTime<Utc> {
-        &self.start
+    pub(crate) fn start_time(&self) -> &OffsetDateTime {
+        &self.start_formattable
     }
 }
 
 /// Represents an elapsed time measured by `Timer`.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
-pub(crate) enum Timing {
-    /// A number of microseconds measured by `Timer`.
-    Microseconds(i64),
-
-    /// An invalid state, where the amount of time elapsed was unable to be measured.
-    Invalid,
-}
+pub(crate) struct Timing(Duration);
 
 impl Display for Timing {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        match *self {
-            Timing::Microseconds(i) => {
-                if i < 1000 {
-                    write!(f, "{}µs", i)
-                } else if i < 1_000_000 {
-                    write!(f, "{:.2}ms", (i as f32) / 1000.0)
-                } else {
-                    write!(f, "{:.2}s", (i as f32) / 1_000_000.0)
-                }
+        let duration = self.0;
+        match duration.as_micros() {
+            i if i < 1000 => {
+                write!(f, "{}µs", i)
+            }
+            i if i < 1_000_000 => {
+                write!(f, "{:.2}ms", (i as f64) / 1000.0)
+            }
+            _ => {
+                write!(f, "{:.2}s", duration.as_secs_f32())
             }
-            Timing::Invalid => f.write_str("invalid"),
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::time::Duration;
+
+    use super::Timing;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_durations() {
+        let microsecond = Duration::from_micros(1);
+
+        let t0 = Timing(microsecond * 555);
+        assert_eq!(t0.to_string(), "555µs");
+
+        let t1 = Timing(microsecond * 666_444);
+        assert_eq!(t1.to_string(), "666.44ms");
+
+        let t2 = Timing(microsecond * 777_444_333);
+        assert_eq!(t2.to_string(), "777.44s");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gotham/src/middleware/logger.rs b/gotham/src/middleware/logger.rs
index 3a4b1bca..622ceb84 100644
--- a/gotham/src/middleware/logger.rs
+++ b/gotham/src/middleware/logger.rs
@@ -62,8 +62,16 @@ impl Middleware for RequestLogger {
 
         // hook onto the end of the request to log the access
         let f = chain(state).and_then(move |(state, response)| {
+
             // format the start time to the CLF formats
-            let datetime = timer.start_time().format("%d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z");
+            let datetime = {
+                use time::format_description::FormatItem;
+                use time::macros::format_description;
+                const DT_FORMAT: &[FormatItem<'static>]
+                    = format_description!("[day]/[month repr:short]/[year]:[hour repr:24]:[minute]:[second] [offset_hour][offset_minute]");
+
+                timer.start_time().format(&DT_FORMAT).expect("Failed to format time")
+            };
 
             // grab the ip address from the state
             let ip = client_addr(&state).unwrap().ip();