diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 1928512..7065f59 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -407,12 +407,12 @@ npm run build-electron-{windows, darwin, linux}</pre>
           </tbody>
           <tbody ng-repeat="bufferline in bufferlines">
             <tr class="bufferline">
-              <td class="time">
+              <td class="time" ng-show="activeBuffer().showTime">
                 <span class="date" ng-class="::{'repeated-time': bufferline.shortTime==bufferlines[$index-1].shortTime}">
                   <span class="cof-chat_time cob-chat_time coa-chat_time" ng-bind-html="::bufferline.formattedTime"></span>
                 </span>
               </td>
-              <td class="prefix"><span ng-class="::{'repeated-prefix': bufferline.prefixtext==bufferlines[$index-1].prefixtext}"><a ng-click="addMention(bufferline)"><span class="hidden-bracket" ng-if="::(bufferline.showHiddenBrackets)">&lt;</span><span ng-repeat="part in ::bufferline.prefix" ng-class="::part.classes" ng-bind="::part.text|prefixlimit:25"></span><span class="hidden-bracket" ng-if="::(bufferline.showHiddenBrackets)">&gt;</span></a></span></td><!--
+              <td class="prefix" ng-show="activeBuffer().showTime"><span ng-class="::{'repeated-prefix': bufferline.prefixtext==bufferlines[$index-1].prefixtext}"><a ng-click="addMention(bufferline)"><span class="hidden-bracket" ng-if="::(bufferline.showHiddenBrackets)">&lt;</span><span ng-repeat="part in ::bufferline.prefix" ng-class="::part.classes" ng-bind="::part.text|prefixlimit:25"></span><span class="hidden-bracket" ng-if="::(bufferline.showHiddenBrackets)">&gt;</span></a></span></td><!--
            --><td class="message"><!--
              --><div ng-repeat="metadata in ::bufferline.metadata" plugin data="::metadata"></div><!--
              --><span ng-repeat="part in ::bufferline.content" class="text" ng-class="::part.classes.concat(['line-' + part.$$hashKey.replace(':','_')])" ng-bind-html="::part.text | conditionalLinkify:part.classes.includes('cof-chat_host') | DOMfilter:'codify' | DOMfilter:'irclinky' | DOMfilter:'emojify':settings.enableJSEmoji | DOMfilter:'inlinecolour' |  DOMfilter:'latexmath':('.line-' + part.$$hashKey.replace(':','_')):settings.enableMathjax"></span>
diff --git a/js/models.js b/js/models.js
index 1ebc411..1473fd4 100644
--- a/js/models.js
+++ b/js/models.js
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ models.service('models', ['$rootScope', '$filter', 'bufferResume', function($roo
 
         var pinned = message.local_variables.pinned === "true";
 
+        //hide timestamps for certain buffer types
+        var showTime = type && type !== 'relay';
+
         // Server buffers have this "irc.server.freenode" naming schema, which
         // messes the sorting up. We need it to be "irc.freenode" instead.
         var serverSortKey = plugin + "." + server +
@@ -365,6 +368,7 @@ models.service('models', ['$rootScope', '$filter', 'bufferResume', function($roo
             getHistoryDown: getHistoryDown,
             isNicklistEmpty: isNicklistEmpty,
             nicklistRequested: nicklistRequested,
+            showTime: showTime,
             pinned: pinned,
             queryNicklist: queryNicklist,
         };