diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index da7e0636..a05963e1 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -326,9 +326,18 @@ function prettifyObject ({
  * string.
  */
 function prettifyTime ({ log, timestampKey = TIMESTAMP_KEY, translateFormat = undefined }) {
-  if (timestampKey in log === false && 'timestamp' in log === false) return undefined
+  let time = null
+
+  if (timestampKey in log) {
+    time = log[timestampKey]
+  } else if ('timestamp' in log) {
+    time = log.timestamp
+  }
+
+  if (time === null) return undefined
   if (translateFormat) {
-    return '[' + formatTime(log[timestampKey] || log.timestamp, translateFormat) + ']'
+    return '[' + formatTime(time, translateFormat) + ']'
   }
-  return `[${log[timestampKey] || log.timestamp}]`
+
+  return `[${time}]`
 }
diff --git a/test/lib/utils.public.test.js b/test/lib/utils.public.test.js
index 4e330cb7..f3bc35ed 100644
--- a/test/lib/utils.public.test.js
+++ b/test/lib/utils.public.test.js
@@ -252,5 +252,15 @@ tap.test('prettifyTime', t => {
     t.is(str, '[2019-04-07T09:15:00.000-04:00]')
   })
 
+  t.test('handles the 0 timestamp', async t => {
+    let log = { time: 0 }
+    let str = prettifyTime({ log })
+    t.is(str, '[0]')
+
+    log = { timestamp: 0 }
+    str = prettifyTime({ log })
+    t.is(str, '[0]')
+  })
+
   t.end()
 })