diff --git a/twoot.py b/twoot.py
index fcc6ea3..87cd36e 100755
--- a/twoot.py
+++ b/twoot.py
@@ -981,8 +981,8 @@ def main(argv):
                 tweet_text += '\n\nOriginal tweet: ' + substitute_source(full_status_url)
 
         # Check what timestamp would look like
-        logging.debug("TEST TIMESTAMP")
-        logging.debug(tweet_text + ' (' + time_string + ')')
+        logging.debug("TEST TIMESTAMP " + str(time_string))
+        logging.debug(tweet_text + ' (' + datetime.strftime(timestamp, '%d %b %Y %H:%M %Z') + ')')
 
         # If no media was specifically added in the tweet, try to get the first picture
         # with "twitter:image" meta tag in first linked page in tweet text