diff --git a/fluent-bit/patches/0002-file_out_time.patch b/fluent-bit/patches/0002-file_out_time.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee8524874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fluent-bit/patches/0002-file_out_time.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff --git a/plugins/out_file/file.c b/plugins/out_file/file.c
+index 77baf6be8..04c519d5a 100644
+--- a/plugins/out_file/file.c
++++ b/plugins/out_file/file.c
+@@ -238,10 +238,20 @@ static int template_output_write(struct flb_file_conf *ctx,
+ 
+     /*
+      * Right now we treat "{time}" specially and fill the placeholder
+-     * with the metadata timestamp (formatted as float).
++     * with the metadata timestamp.
+      */
+     if (!strncmp(key, "time", size)) {
+-        fprintf(fp, "%f", flb_time_to_double(tm));
++        struct tm tm_local;
++        char buf[32];
++        if (localtime_r(&tm->tm.tv_sec, &tm_local) == NULL) {
++            flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "localtime_r failed");
++            return -1;
++        }
++        if (strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%b %d %H:%M:%S", &tm_local) == 0) {
++            flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "strftime failed");
++            return -1;
++        }
++        fputs(buf, fp);
+         return 0;
+     }
+