diff --git a/modules/chat.lua b/modules/chat.lua
index e3b79fa4..ac170a9b 100644
--- a/modules/chat.lua
+++ b/modules/chat.lua
@@ -553,7 +553,10 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("chat", function ()
         if pfUI_config.chat.text.time == "1" then
           local left = string.sub(pfUI_config.chat.text.timebracket, 1, 1)
           local right = string.sub(pfUI_config.chat.text.timebracket, 2, 2)
-          text = "|cff" .. pfUI_config.chat.text.timecolor .. left .. date(pfUI_config.chat.text.timeformat) .. right .. "|r " .. text
+
+          local r,g,b,a = strsplit(",", pfUI_config.chat.text.timecolor)
+          local chex = string.format("%02x%02x%02x%02x", a*255, r*255, g*255, b*255)
+          text = "|c" .. chex .. left .. date(pfUI_config.chat.text.timeformat) .. right .. "|r " .. text
         end
 
         getglobal("ChatFrame"..i).HookAddMessage(frame, text, unpack(arg))
diff --git a/modules/config.lua b/modules/config.lua
index ce3e45b9..4d445d5b 100644
--- a/modules/config.lua
+++ b/modules/config.lua
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ function pfUI:LoadConfig()
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("chat",       "text",    "time",             "0")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("chat",       "text",    "timeformat",       "%H:%M:%S")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("chat",       "text",    "timebracket",      "[]")
-  pfUI:UpdateConfig("chat",       "text",    "timecolor",        "dddddd")
+  pfUI:UpdateConfig("chat",       "text",    "timecolor",        ".8,.8,.8,1")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("chat",       "left",    "width",            "400")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("chat",       "left",    "height",           "180")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("chat",       "right",   "width",            "400")
diff --git a/modules/gui.lua b/modules/gui.lua
index e2a6a9cc..57c30f09 100644
--- a/modules/gui.lua
+++ b/modules/gui.lua
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("gui", function ()
   pfUI.gui:CreateConfig(pfUI.gui.chat, "Timestamp in chat:", pfUI_config.chat.text, "time", "checkbox")
   pfUI.gui:CreateConfig(pfUI.gui.chat, "Timestamp format:", pfUI_config.chat.text, "timeformat")
   pfUI.gui:CreateConfig(pfUI.gui.chat, "Timestamp brackets:", pfUI_config.chat.text, "timebracket")
-  pfUI.gui:CreateConfig(pfUI.gui.chat, "Timestamp color:", pfUI_config.chat.text, "timecolor")
+  pfUI.gui:CreateConfig(pfUI.gui.chat, "Timestamp color:", pfUI_config.chat.text, "timecolor", "color")
   pfUI.gui:CreateConfig(pfUI.gui.chat, "Left chat width:", pfUI_config.chat.left, "width")
   pfUI.gui:CreateConfig(pfUI.gui.chat, "Left chat height:", pfUI_config.chat.left, "height")
   pfUI.gui:CreateConfig(pfUI.gui.chat, "Right chat width:", pfUI_config.chat.right, "width")