diff --git a/format.go b/format.go
index 4e8e160..8b71e4f 100644
--- a/format.go
+++ b/format.go
@@ -12,10 +12,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	timeFormat     = "2006-01-02T15:04:05-0700"
-	termTimeFormat = "01-02|15:04:05"
-	floatFormat    = 'f'
-	termMsgJust    = 40
+	DefTimeFormat     = "2006-01-02T15:04:05-0700"
+	DefTermTimeFormat = "01-02|15:04:05"
+	floatFormat       = 'f'
+	termMsgJust       = 40
+)
+
+var (
+	TimeFormat     = DefTimeFormat
+	TermTimeFormat = DefTermTimeFormat
 )
 
 // Format  is the interface implemented by StreamHandler formatters.
@@ -64,9 +69,9 @@ func TerminalFormat() Format {
 		b := &bytes.Buffer{}
 		lvl := strings.ToUpper(r.Lvl.String())
 		if color > 0 {
-			fmt.Fprintf(b, "\x1b[%dm%s\x1b[0m[%s] %s ", color, lvl, r.Time.Format(termTimeFormat), r.Msg)
+			fmt.Fprintf(b, "\x1b[%dm%s\x1b[0m[%s] %s ", color, lvl, r.Time.Format(TermTimeFormat), r.Msg)
 		} else {
-			fmt.Fprintf(b, "[%s] [%s] %s ", lvl, r.Time.Format(termTimeFormat), r.Msg)
+			fmt.Fprintf(b, "[%s] [%s] %s ", lvl, r.Time.Format(TermTimeFormat), r.Msg)
 		}
 
 		// try to justify the log output for short messages
@@ -180,7 +185,7 @@ func formatShared(value interface{}) (result interface{}) {
 
 	switch v := value.(type) {
 	case time.Time:
-		return v.Format(timeFormat)
+		return v.Format(TimeFormat)
 
 	case error:
 		return v.Error()
@@ -216,7 +221,7 @@ func formatLogfmtValue(value interface{}) string {
 		// Performance optimization: No need for escaping since the provided
 		// timeFormat doesn't have any escape characters, and escaping is
 		// expensive.
-		return t.Format(timeFormat)
+		return t.Format(TimeFormat)
 	}
 	value = formatShared(value)
 	switch v := value.(type) {