diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 121b2a865..f22d9f01a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ CHANGELOG Roundcube Webmail
 - Workaround PHP issue by calling closelog() on script shutdown when using log_driver=syslog (#5289)
 - Fix so upgrade script makes sure program/lib directory does not contain old libraries (#5287)
 - Fix subscription checkbox state on error in folder subscribe/unsubscribe action (#5243)
+- Fix bug where microsecond format in logged date didn't work in some cases
 
 RELEASE 1.2.0
 -------------
diff --git a/program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_utils.php b/program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_utils.php
index 67421f1c9..0aae68ad9 100644
--- a/program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_utils.php
+++ b/program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_utils.php
@@ -1208,10 +1208,13 @@ class rcube_utils
             $format = 'd-M-Y H:i:s O';
         }
 
-        if (strpos($format, 'u') !== false
-            && ($date = date_create_from_format('U.u.e', microtime(true) . '.' . date_default_timezone_get()))
-        ) {
-            return $date->format($format);
+        if (strpos($format, 'u') !== false) {
+            $dt  = number_format(microtime(true), 6, '.', '');
+            $dt .=  '.' . date_default_timezone_get();
+
+            if ($date = date_create_from_format('U.u.e', $dt)) {
+                return $date->format($format);
+            }
         }
 
         return date($format);