Index: trunk/src/tmcsim/cadsimulator/Coordinator.java
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--- trunk/src/tmcsim/cadsimulator/Coordinator.java	(revision 524)
+++ trunk/src/tmcsim/cadsimulator/Coordinator.java	(revision 529)
@@ -276,8 +276,11 @@
             }
             // combine all the log entry fields
+            final DateFormat datetimeFmt = new SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss");
             final DateFormat timeFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");
             String logItem = timeFormat.format(new Date())
                     + " CAD log, "
-                    + "Simulation Started,  loaded incidents "
+                    + "Simulation Started at "
+                    + datetimeFmt.format(new Date())
+                    + " with incidents "
                     + incNums + "\n";
             simMgrMsgLog.add(logItem); // add the item to the msg log