diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f392879..8832123 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0
 	github.com/gen2brain/beeep v0.0.0-20240516210008-9c006672e7f4
 	github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.5.1
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/humanlogio/api/go v0.0.0-20241128170213-590d167300cd
 	github.com/humanlogio/humanlog-pro v0.0.0-20241129104809-3580d74828a9
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ab015c5..80cce09 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ github.com/gsterjov/go-libsecret v0.0.0-20161001094733-a6f4afe4910c h1:6rhixN/i8
 github.com/gsterjov/go-libsecret v0.0.0-20161001094733-a6f4afe4910c/go.mod h1:NMPJylDgVpX0MLRlPy15sqSwOFv/U1GZ2m21JhFfek0=
 github.com/humanlogio/api/go v0.0.0-20241128170213-590d167300cd h1:449C6cnB4W6DblDMPfCfA4xyEkiYMpngGf7TEX9O8ro=
 github.com/humanlogio/api/go v0.0.0-20241128170213-590d167300cd/go.mod h1:+hU/MU1g6QvtbeknKOlUI1yEStVqkPJ8jmYIj63OV5I=
-github.com/humanlogio/humanlog-pro v0.0.0-20241129104046-2603398b2ef1 h1:eDsZPPr9GBNNh8wy43wPlb/98R1uCHuxML/r99GIkP4=
-github.com/humanlogio/humanlog-pro v0.0.0-20241129104046-2603398b2ef1/go.mod h1:q+Kj7V58BQVVzGgcoyhtE2RXXprEi6DrqmhV/cThKkc=
 github.com/humanlogio/humanlog-pro v0.0.0-20241129104809-3580d74828a9 h1:tdUCzFh8qvnWNCmxub0KSj1lIiCeWqvRjsMSSIApneE=
 github.com/humanlogio/humanlog-pro v0.0.0-20241129104809-3580d74828a9/go.mod h1:zq05mTZQXvKheFiAGlPx6+VSo29jw2ER8oy8DIQKW2Q=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 h1:6KIumPrER1LHsvBVuDa0r5xaG0Es51mhhB9BQB2qeMA=
diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index 96b373b..511bfcd 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type Handler interface {
 
 var DefaultOptions = func() *HandlerOptions {
 	opts := &HandlerOptions{
-		TimeFields:    []string{"time", "ts", "@timestamp", "timestamp", "Timestamp"},
+		TimeFields:    []string{"time", "ts", "@timestamp", "timestamp", "Timestamp", "asctime"},
 		MessageFields: []string{"message", "msg", "Body"},
 		LevelFields:   []string{"level", "lvl", "loglevel", "severity", "SeverityText"},
 		timeNow:       time.Now,
diff --git a/json_handler_test.go b/json_handler_test.go
index cf039bc..2eea1f6 100644
--- a/json_handler_test.go
+++ b/json_handler_test.go
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	typesv1 "github.com/humanlogio/api/go/types/v1"
 	"github.com/humanlogio/humanlog"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/testing/protocmp"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
 )
 
 func TestJSONHandler_UnmarshalJSON_ParsesFields(t *testing.T) {
@@ -199,3 +202,36 @@ func TestJsonHandler_TryHandle_FlattenedArrayFields_NestedArray(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, "world", handler.Fields["peers.2.1"])
 	require.Equal(t, "\"bar\"", handler.Fields["peers.3.foo"])
 }
+
+func TestParseAsctimeFields(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		raw  []byte
+		want *timestamppb.Timestamp
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "asctime",
+			raw:  []byte(`{"asctime": ["12-05-05 22:11:08,506248"]}`),
+			want: timestamppb.New(time.Date(2012, 5, 5, 22, 11, 8, 506248000, time.UTC)),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "time",
+			raw:  []byte(`{"time": "12-05-05 22:11:08,506248"}`),
+			want: timestamppb.New(time.Date(2012, 5, 5, 22, 11, 8, 506248000, time.UTC)),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			opts := humanlog.DefaultOptions()
+			h := humanlog.JSONHandler{Opts: opts}
+			ev := new(typesv1.StructuredLogEvent)
+			if !h.TryHandle(test.raw, ev) {
+				t.Fatalf("failed to handle log")
+			}
+			// timezone should be identified before parsing... we can't just treat as UTC
+			got := ev.Timestamp
+			require.Empty(t, cmp.Diff(test.want, got, protocmp.Transform()))
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/time_parse.go b/time_parse.go
index bf908eb..a31f3b0 100644
--- a/time_parse.go
+++ b/time_parse.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ var TimeFormats = []string{
 	time.StampNano,
 	"2006/01/02 15:04:05",
 	"2006/01/02 15:04:05.999999999",
+	"06-01-02 15:04:05,999",
 }
 
 func parseTimeFloat64(value float64) time.Time {
@@ -86,6 +87,18 @@ func tryParseTime(value interface{}) (time.Time, bool) {
 		return parseTimeFloat64(float64(v)), true
 	case int64:
 		return parseTimeFloat64(float64(v)), true
+	case []interface{}:
+		if len(v) == 1 {
+			if timeStr, ok := v[0].(string); ok {
+				for _, layout := range TimeFormats {
+					t, err := time.Parse(layout, timeStr)
+					if err == nil {
+						t = fixTimebeforeUnixZero(t)
+						return t, true
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	return t, false
 }