diff --git a/Core/AVIDump.cpp b/Core/AVIDump.cpp
index 456698936b..1255f16089 100644
--- a/Core/AVIDump.cpp
+++ b/Core/AVIDump.cpp
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ bool AVIDump::CreateAVI() {
 
 	// Use gameID_EmulatedTimestamp for filename
 	std::string discID = g_paramSFO.GetDiscID();
-	std::string video_file_name = StringFromFormat("%s%s_%d.avi", GetSysDirectory(DIRECTORY_VIDEO).c_str(), discID.c_str(), KernelTimeNow()).c_str();
+	std::string video_file_name = StringFromFormat("%s%s %s.avi", GetSysDirectory(DIRECTORY_VIDEO).c_str(), discID.c_str(), KernelTimeNowFormatted().c_str()).c_str();
 
 	s_format_context = avformat_alloc_context();
 	std::stringstream s_file_index_str;
diff --git a/Core/HLE/__sceAudio.cpp b/Core/HLE/__sceAudio.cpp
index ed9c7c1c76..c6d1dfefc9 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/__sceAudio.cpp
+++ b/Core/HLE/__sceAudio.cpp
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ void __AudioUpdate(bool resetRecording) {
 		if (g_Config.bSaveLoadResetsAVdumping && resetRecording) {
 			__StopLogAudio();
 			std::string discID = g_paramSFO.GetDiscID();
-			std::string audio_file_name = StringFromFormat("%s%s_%d.wav", GetSysDirectory(DIRECTORY_AUDIO).c_str(), discID.c_str(), KernelTimeNow()).c_str();
+			std::string audio_file_name = StringFromFormat("%s%s %s.wav", GetSysDirectory(DIRECTORY_AUDIO).c_str(), discID.c_str(), KernelTimeNowFormatted().c_str()).c_str();
 			INFO_LOG(COMMON, "Restarted audio recording to: %s", audio_file_name.c_str());
 			if (!File::Exists(GetSysDirectory(DIRECTORY_AUDIO)))
 				File::CreateDir(GetSysDirectory(DIRECTORY_AUDIO));
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ void __AudioUpdate(bool resetRecording) {
 			if (g_Config.bDumpAudio) {
 				// Use gameID_EmulatedTimestamp for filename
 				std::string discID = g_paramSFO.GetDiscID();
-				std::string audio_file_name = StringFromFormat("%s%s_%d.wav", GetSysDirectory(DIRECTORY_AUDIO).c_str(), discID.c_str(), KernelTimeNow()).c_str();
+				std::string audio_file_name = StringFromFormat("%s%s %s.wav", GetSysDirectory(DIRECTORY_AUDIO).c_str(), discID.c_str(), KernelTimeNowFormatted().c_str()).c_str();
 				INFO_LOG(COMMON,"Recording audio to: %s", audio_file_name.c_str());
 				// Create the path just in case it doesn't exist
 				if (!File::Exists(GetSysDirectory(DIRECTORY_AUDIO)))
diff --git a/Core/HLE/sceKernelTime.cpp b/Core/HLE/sceKernelTime.cpp
index a4f2df2a60..19901cc721 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/sceKernelTime.cpp
+++ b/Core/HLE/sceKernelTime.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "Core/HLE/sceKernelThread.h"
 #include "Core/HLE/sceRtc.h"
 #include "Core/MemMap.h"
+#include "StringUtils.h"
 
 // The time when the game started.
 static time_t start_time;
@@ -172,6 +173,18 @@ u32 sceKernelLibcGettimeofday(u32 timeAddr, u32 tzAddr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-u32 KernelTimeNow() {
-	return (u32)start_time + (u32)(CoreTiming::GetGlobalTimeUs() / 1000000ULL);
+std::string KernelTimeNowFormatted() {
+	time_t emulatedTime = (u32)start_time + (u32)(CoreTiming::GetGlobalTimeUs() / 1000000ULL);
+	tm* timePtr = localtime(&emulatedTime);
+	bool DST = timePtr->tm_isdst;
+	u8 seconds = timePtr->tm_sec;
+	u8 minutes = timePtr->tm_min;
+	u8 hours = timePtr->tm_hour;
+	if (DST)
+		hours = timePtr->tm_hour + 1;
+	u8 days = timePtr->tm_mday;
+	u8 months = timePtr->tm_mon + 1;
+	u16 years = timePtr->tm_year + 1900;
+	std::string timestamp = StringFromFormat("%04d-%02d-%02d %02d-%02d-%02d", years, months, days, hours, minutes, seconds).c_str();
+	return timestamp;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Core/HLE/sceKernelTime.h b/Core/HLE/sceKernelTime.h
index 15c064d7ce..d973c20d40 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/sceKernelTime.h
+++ b/Core/HLE/sceKernelTime.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ int sceKernelSysClock2USec(u32 sysclockPtr, u32 highPtr, u32 lowPtr);
 int sceKernelSysClock2USecWide(u32 lowClock, u32 highClock, u32 lowPtr, u32 highPtr);
 u64 sceKernelUSec2SysClockWide(u32 usec);
 u32 sceKernelLibcClock();
-u32 KernelTimeNow();
+std::string KernelTimeNowFormatted();
 
 void __KernelTimeInit();
 void __KernelTimeDoState(PointerWrap &p);