diff --git a/Sources/VSDDaemon/Logging.swift b/Sources/VSDDaemon/Logging.swift
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+import Foundation
+
+private let logTimestamp: DateFormatter = {
+    let formatter = DateFormatter()
+    formatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"
+    return formatter
+}()
+
+/// Shadows Swift.print for the whole module, so every existing call site gains
+/// a timestamp without being touched. Without one, the log records only the
+/// order of events, which is not enough to tell a device that dropped twice in
+/// a minute from one that dropped twice in a day.
+func print(_ items: Any..., separator: String = " ", terminator: String = "\n") {
+    let body = items.map { "\($0)" }.joined(separator: separator)
+    Swift.print("[\(logTimestamp.string(from: Date()))] \(body)", terminator: terminator)
+}