diff --git a/src/Script.js b/src/Script.js
index 61f24cc4c..93f03a373 100644
--- a/src/Script.js
+++ b/src/Script.js
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ import {iTutorialSteps, iTutorialNextStep,
         iTutorialIsRunning, currITutorialStep}  from "./InteractiveTutorial";
 import {evaluateImport}                         from "./NetscriptEvaluator";
 import {NetscriptFunctions}                     from "./NetscriptFunctions";
-import {addWorkerScript, killWorkerScript,
+import {addWorkerScript,
         WorkerScript}                           from "./NetscriptWorker";
 import {Player}                                 from "./Player";
 import {AllServers, processSingleServerGrowth}  from "./Server";
 import {Settings}                               from "./Settings";
-import {post, Terminal}                         from "./Terminal";
+import {post}                                   from "./Terminal";
 import {TextFile}                               from "./TextFile";
 
 import {parse, Node}                            from "../utils/acorn";
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import {Reviver, Generic_toJSON,
 import {compareArrays}                          from "../utils/helpers/compareArrays";
 import {createElement}                          from "../utils/uiHelpers/createElement";
 import {formatNumber}                           from "../utils/StringHelperFunctions";
+import {getTimestamp}                           from "../utils/helpers/getTimestamp";
 import {roundToTwo}                             from "../utils/helpers/roundToTwo";
 
 var keybindings = {
@@ -962,7 +963,7 @@ RunningScript.prototype.log = function(txt) {
     }
     let logEntry = txt;
     if (FconfSettings.ENABLE_TIMESTAMPS) {
-        logEntry = "[" + Terminal.getTimestamp() + "] " + logEntry;
+        logEntry = "[" + getTimestamp() + "] " + logEntry;
     }
     this.logs.push(logEntry);
     this.logUpd = true;
diff --git a/src/Terminal.js b/src/Terminal.js
index 3febac5c1..dca7e4f77 100644
--- a/src/Terminal.js
+++ b/src/Terminal.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import {containsAllStrings, longestCommonStart,
 import {addOffset}                          from "../utils/helpers/addOffset";
 import {isString}                           from "../utils/helpers/isString";
 import {arrayToString}                      from "../utils/helpers/arrayToString";
+import {getTimestamp}                       from "../utils/helpers/getTimestamp";
 import {logBoxCreate}                       from "../utils/LogBox";
 import {yesNoBoxCreate,
         yesNoBoxGetYesButton,
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ $(document).keydown(function(event) {
 			if (command.length > 0) {
                 post(
                     "[" +
-                    (FconfSettings.ENABLE_TIMESTAMPS ? Terminal.getTimestamp() + " " : "") +
+                    (FconfSettings.ENABLE_TIMESTAMPS ? getTimestamp() + " " : "") +
                     Player.getCurrentServer().hostname +
                     " ~]> " + command
                 );
@@ -646,11 +647,6 @@ let Terminal = {
         }
     },
 
-    getTimestamp: function() {
-        const d = new Date();
-        return `${d.getMonth() + 1}/${d.getDate()} ${`0${d.getHours()}`.slice(-2)}:${`0${d.getMinutes()}`.slice(-2)}`;
-    },
-
     finishAction: function(cancelled = false) {
         if (Terminal.hackFlag) {
             Terminal.finishHack(cancelled);
diff --git a/utils/helpers/getTimestamp.ts b/utils/helpers/getTimestamp.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd0786166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/helpers/getTimestamp.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export function getTimestamp() {
+        const d: Date = new Date();
+        // A negative slice value takes from the end of the string rather than the beginning.
+        const stringWidth: number = -2;
+        const formattedHours: string = `0${d.getHours()}`.slice(stringWidth);
+        const formattedMinutes: string = `0${d.getMinutes()}`.slice(stringWidth);
+
+        return `${d.getMonth() + 1}/${d.getDate()} ${formattedHours}:${formattedMinutes}`;
+}