diff --git a/example/Makefile b/example/Makefile
index 4208786a..746c7a9e 100644
--- a/example/Makefile
+++ b/example/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS = -O3 -flto
 CXX_DEBUG_FLAGS= -g 
 
 
-all:	example bench
+all:	bench
 debug: example-debug bench-debug
 
 example: example.cpp
diff --git a/example/bench.cpp b/example/bench.cpp
index d2401f82..d9911808 100644
--- a/example/bench.cpp
+++ b/example/bench.cpp
@@ -64,12 +64,13 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         if (argc > 2)
             threads =   atoi(argv[2]);
 
+
         cout << "*******************************************************************************\n";
         cout << "Single thread, " << format(howmany)  << " iterations, auto flush=" << auto_flush << endl;
         cout << "*******************************************************************************\n";
 
-        auto rotating_st = spdlog::rotating_logger_st("rotating_st", "logs/rotating_st", file_size, rotating_files, auto_flush);
-        bench(howmany, rotating_st);
+        auto rotating_st = spdlog::rotating_logger_st("rotating_st", "logs/rotating_st", file_size, rotating_files, auto_flush);		
+        bench(howmany, rotating_st);		
         auto daily_st = spdlog::daily_logger_st("daily_st", "logs/daily_st", auto_flush);
         bench(howmany, daily_st);
         bench(howmany, spdlog::create<null_sink_st>("null_st"));
@@ -92,8 +93,15 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
 
         spdlog::set_async_mode(howmany);
-        auto daily_st_async = spdlog::daily_logger_st("daily_async", "logs/daily_async", auto_flush);
-        bench_mt(howmany, daily_st_async, threads);
+
+		for(int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
+		{
+			auto as = spdlog::daily_logger_st("as", "logs/daily_async", auto_flush);
+			//bench_mt(howmany, spdlog::create<null_sink_st>("as"), threads);
+			bench_mt(howmany, as, threads);
+			as->stop();
+			spdlog::drop("as");
+		}
 
         spdlog::stop();
 
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/async_log_helper.h b/include/spdlog/details/async_log_helper.h
index 094162de..6fb51fa9 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/async_log_helper.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/async_log_helper.h
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ class async_log_helper
     {
         std::string logger_name;
         level::level_enum level;
-        log_clock::time_point time;
-        std::tm tm_time;
+        log_clock::time_point time;        
         std::string raw_msg_str;
 
         async_msg() = default;
@@ -64,21 +63,16 @@ class async_log_helper
         async_msg(const details::log_msg& m) :
             logger_name(m.logger_name),
             level(m.level),
-            time(m.time),
-            tm_time(m.tm_time),
+            time(m.time),            
             raw_msg_str(m.raw.data(), m.raw.size())
-        {
-
-        }
-
+        {}
 
         log_msg to_log_msg()
         {
             log_msg msg;
             msg.logger_name = logger_name;
             msg.level = level;
-            msg.time = time;
-            msg.tm_time = tm_time;
+            msg.time = time;            
             msg.raw << raw_msg_str;
             return msg;
         }
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/line_logger.h b/include/spdlog/details/line_logger.h
index 65251e50..091a48e5 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/line_logger.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/line_logger.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public:
         {
             _log_msg.logger_name = _callback_logger->name();
             _log_msg.time = log_clock::now();
-            _log_msg.tm_time = details::os::localtime(log_clock::to_time_t(_log_msg.time));
+            //_log_msg.tm_time = details::os::localtime(log_clock::to_time_t(_log_msg.time));
             _callback_logger->_log_msg(_log_msg);
         }
     }
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/log_msg.h b/include/spdlog/details/log_msg.h
index 00870bb2..b47e119e 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/log_msg.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/log_msg.h
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ struct log_msg
     log_msg(level::level_enum l):
         logger_name(),
         level(l),
-        time(),
-        tm_time(),
+        time(),        
         raw(),
         formatted() {}
 
@@ -46,9 +45,7 @@ struct log_msg
     log_msg(const log_msg& other) :
         logger_name(other.logger_name),
         level(other.level),
-        time(other.time),
-        tm_time(other.tm_time)
-
+        time(other.time)
     {
         if (other.raw.size())
             raw << fmt::BasicStringRef<char>(other.raw.data(), other.raw.size());
@@ -60,8 +57,7 @@ struct log_msg
     log_msg(log_msg&& other) :
         logger_name(std::move(other.logger_name)),
         level(other.level),
-        time(std::move(other.time)),
-        tm_time(other.tm_time),
+        time(std::move(other.time)),        
         raw(std::move(other.raw)),
         formatted(std::move(other.formatted))
     {
@@ -75,8 +71,7 @@ struct log_msg
 
         logger_name = std::move(other.logger_name);
         level = other.level;
-        time = std::move(other.time);
-        tm_time = other.tm_time;
+        time = std::move(other.time);        
         raw = std::move(other.raw);
         formatted = std::move(other.formatted);
         other.clear();
@@ -95,7 +90,7 @@ struct log_msg
     std::string logger_name;
     level::level_enum level;
     log_clock::time_point time;
-    std::tm tm_time;
+    //std::tm tm_time;
     fmt::MemoryWriter raw;
     fmt::MemoryWriter formatted;
 };
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/pattern_formatter_impl.h b/include/spdlog/details/pattern_formatter_impl.h
index bc2cc6f0..81e0086c 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/pattern_formatter_impl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/pattern_formatter_impl.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class flag_formatter
 {
 public:
     virtual ~flag_formatter() {}
-    virtual void format(details::log_msg& msg) = 0;
+    virtual void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time) = 0;
 };
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ namespace
 {
 class name_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm&) override
     {
         msg.formatted << msg.logger_name;
     }
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class name_formatter :public flag_formatter
 // log level appender
 class level_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm&) override
     {
         msg.formatted << level::to_str(msg.level);
     }
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ static int to12h(const tm& t)
 static const std::string days[] { "Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat" };
 class a_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time) override
     {
-        msg.formatted << days[msg.tm_time.tm_wday];
+        msg.formatted << days[tm_time.tm_wday];
     }
 };
 
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ class a_formatter :public flag_formatter
 static const std::string full_days[] { "Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday" };
 class A_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time) override
     {
-        msg.formatted << full_days[msg.tm_time.tm_wday];
+        msg.formatted << full_days[tm_time.tm_wday];
     }
 };
 
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ class A_formatter :public flag_formatter
 static const std::string  months[] { "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "June", "July", "Aug", "Sept", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec" };
 class b_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time) override
     {
-        msg.formatted<< months[msg.tm_time.tm_mon];
+        msg.formatted<< months[tm_time.tm_mon];
     }
 };
 
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ class b_formatter :public flag_formatter
 static const std::string full_months[] { "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December" };
 class B_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time) override
     {
-        msg.formatted << full_months[msg.tm_time.tm_mon];
+        msg.formatted << full_months[tm_time.tm_mon];
     }
 };
 
@@ -139,15 +139,13 @@ static fmt::MemoryWriter& pad_n_join(fmt::MemoryWriter& w, int v1, int v2, int v
 }
 
 
-
-
 //Date and time representation (Thu Aug 23 15:35:46 2014)
 class c_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time) override
     {
-        msg.formatted << days[msg.tm_time.tm_wday] << ' ' << months[msg.tm_time.tm_mon] << ' ' << msg.tm_time.tm_mday << ' ';
-        pad_n_join(msg.formatted, msg.tm_time.tm_hour, msg.tm_time.tm_min, msg.tm_time.tm_sec, ':') << ' ' << msg.tm_time.tm_year + 1900;
+        msg.formatted << days[tm_time.tm_wday] << ' ' << months[tm_time.tm_mon] << ' ' << tm_time.tm_mday << ' ';
+        pad_n_join(msg.formatted, tm_time.tm_hour, tm_time.tm_min, tm_time.tm_sec, ':') << ' ' << tm_time.tm_year + 1900;
     }
 };
 
@@ -155,9 +153,9 @@ class c_formatter :public flag_formatter
 // year - 2 digit
 class C_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time) override
     {
-        msg.formatted << fmt::pad(msg.tm_time.tm_year % 100, 2, '0');
+        msg.formatted << fmt::pad(tm_time.tm_year % 100, 2, '0');
     }
 };
 
@@ -166,9 +164,9 @@ class C_formatter :public flag_formatter
 // Short MM/DD/YY date, equivalent to %m/%d/%y 08/23/01
 class D_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time) override
     {
-        pad_n_join(msg.formatted, msg.tm_time.tm_mon + 1, msg.tm_time.tm_mday, msg.tm_time.tm_year % 100, '/');
+        pad_n_join(msg.formatted, tm_time.tm_mon + 1, tm_time.tm_mday, tm_time.tm_year % 100, '/');
     }
 };
 
@@ -176,70 +174,70 @@ class D_formatter :public flag_formatter
 // year - 4 digit
 class Y_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time) override
     {
-        msg.formatted << msg.tm_time.tm_year + 1900;
+        msg.formatted << tm_time.tm_year + 1900;
     }
 };
 
 // month 1-12
 class m_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time) override
     {
-        msg.formatted << fmt::pad(msg.tm_time.tm_mon + 1, 2, '0');
+        msg.formatted << fmt::pad(tm_time.tm_mon + 1, 2, '0');
     }
 };
 
 // day of month 1-31
 class d_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time) override
     {
-        msg.formatted << fmt::pad(msg.tm_time.tm_mday, 2, '0');
+        msg.formatted << fmt::pad(tm_time.tm_mday, 2, '0');
     }
 };
 
 // hours in 24 format  0-23
 class H_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time) override
     {
-        msg.formatted << fmt::pad(msg.tm_time.tm_hour, 2, '0');
+        msg.formatted << fmt::pad(tm_time.tm_hour, 2, '0');
     }
 };
 
 // hours in 12 format  1-12
 class I_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time) override
     {
-        msg.formatted << fmt::pad(to12h(msg.tm_time), 2, '0');
+        msg.formatted << fmt::pad(to12h(tm_time), 2, '0');
     }
 };
 
 // ninutes 0-59
 class M_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time) override
     {
-        msg.formatted << fmt::pad(msg.tm_time.tm_min, 2, '0');
+        msg.formatted << fmt::pad(tm_time.tm_min, 2, '0');
     }
 };
 
 // seconds 0-59
 class S_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time) override
     {
-        msg.formatted << fmt::pad(msg.tm_time.tm_sec, 2, '0');
+        msg.formatted << fmt::pad(tm_time.tm_sec, 2, '0');
     }
 };
 
 // milliseconds
 class e_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm&) override
     {
         auto duration = msg.time.time_since_epoch();
         auto millis = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(duration).count() % 1000;
@@ -250,9 +248,9 @@ class e_formatter :public flag_formatter
 // AM/PM
 class p_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time) override
     {
-        msg.formatted << ampm(msg.tm_time);
+        msg.formatted << ampm(tm_time);
     }
 };
 
@@ -260,27 +258,27 @@ class p_formatter :public flag_formatter
 // 12 hour clock 02:55:02 pm
 class r_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time) override
     {
-        pad_n_join(msg.formatted, to12h(msg.tm_time), msg.tm_time.tm_min, msg.tm_time.tm_sec, ':') << ' ' << ampm(msg.tm_time);
+        pad_n_join(msg.formatted, to12h(tm_time), tm_time.tm_min, tm_time.tm_sec, ':') << ' ' << ampm(tm_time);
     }
 };
 
 // 24-hour HH:MM time, equivalent to %H:%M
 class R_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time) override
     {
-        pad_n_join(msg.formatted, msg.tm_time.tm_hour, msg.tm_time.tm_min, ':');
+        pad_n_join(msg.formatted, tm_time.tm_hour, tm_time.tm_min, ':');
     }
 };
 
 // ISO 8601 time format (HH:MM:SS), equivalent to %H:%M:%S
 class T_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time) override
     {
-        pad_n_join(msg.formatted, msg.tm_time.tm_hour, msg.tm_time.tm_min, msg.tm_time.tm_sec, ':');
+        pad_n_join(msg.formatted, tm_time.tm_hour, tm_time.tm_min, tm_time.tm_sec, ':');
     }
 };
 
@@ -295,14 +293,14 @@ public:
     z_formatter(const z_formatter&) = delete;
     z_formatter& operator=(const z_formatter&) = delete;
 
-    void format(log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time) override
     {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-        int total_minutes = get_cached_offset(msg);
+        int total_minutes = get_cached_offset(msg, tm_time);
 #else
         // No need to chache under gcc,
         // it is very fast (already stored in tm.tm_gmtoff)
-        int total_minutes = os::utc_minutes_offset(msg.tm_time);
+        int total_minutes = os::utc_minutes_offset(tm_time);
 #endif
 
         int h = total_minutes / 60;
@@ -316,13 +314,13 @@ private:
     int _offset_minutes;
     std::mutex _mutex;
 
-    int get_cached_offset(const log_msg& msg)
+    int get_cached_offset(const log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time)
     {
         using namespace std::chrono;
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> l(_mutex);
         if (msg.time - _last_update >= cache_refresh)
         {
-            _offset_minutes = os::utc_minutes_offset(msg.tm_time);
+            _offset_minutes = os::utc_minutes_offset(tm_time);
             _last_update = msg.time;
         }
         return _offset_minutes;
@@ -334,7 +332,7 @@ private:
 //Thread id
 class t_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm&) override
     {
         msg.formatted << std::hash<std::thread::id>()(std::this_thread::get_id());
     }
@@ -343,7 +341,7 @@ class t_formatter :public flag_formatter
 
 class v_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm&) override
     {
         msg.formatted << fmt::StringRef(msg.raw.data(), msg.raw.size());
     }
@@ -354,7 +352,7 @@ class ch_formatter :public flag_formatter
 public:
     explicit ch_formatter(char ch) : _ch(ch)
     {}
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm&) override
     {
         msg.formatted << _ch;
     }
@@ -373,7 +371,7 @@ public:
     {
         _str += ch;
     }
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm&) override
     {
         msg.formatted << _str;
     }
@@ -385,31 +383,31 @@ private:
 // pattern: [%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%e] [%n] [%l] %v
 class full_formatter :public flag_formatter
 {
-    void format(details::log_msg& msg) override
+    void format(details::log_msg& msg, const std::tm& tm_time) override
     {
         auto duration = msg.time.time_since_epoch();
         auto millis = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(duration).count() % 1000;
 
         /* Slower version(while still very fast - about 3.2 million lines/sec under 10 threads),
         msg.formatted.write("[{:d}-{:02d}-{:02d} {:02d}:{:02d}:{:02d}.{:03d}] [{}] [{}] {} ",
-        msg.tm_time.tm_year + 1900,
-        msg.tm_time.tm_mon + 1,
-        msg.tm_time.tm_mday,
-        msg.tm_time.tm_hour,
-        msg.tm_time.tm_min,
-        msg.tm_time.tm_sec,
+        tm_time.tm_year + 1900,
+        tm_time.tm_mon + 1,
+        tm_time.tm_mday,
+        tm_time.tm_hour,
+        tm_time.tm_min,
+        tm_time.tm_sec,
         static_cast<int>(millis),
         msg.logger_name,
         level::to_str(msg.level),
         msg.raw.str());*/
 
         // Faster (albeit uglier) way to format the line (5.6 million lines/sec under 10 threads)
-        msg.formatted << '[' << static_cast<unsigned int>(msg.tm_time.tm_year + 1900) << '-'
-                      << fmt::pad(static_cast<unsigned int>(msg.tm_time.tm_mon + 1), 2, '0') << '-'
-                      << fmt::pad(static_cast<unsigned int>(msg.tm_time.tm_mday), 2, '0') << ' '
-                      << fmt::pad(static_cast<unsigned int>(msg.tm_time.tm_hour), 2, '0') << ':'
-                      << fmt::pad(static_cast<unsigned int>(msg.tm_time.tm_min), 2, '0') << ':'
-                      << fmt::pad(static_cast<unsigned int>(msg.tm_time.tm_sec), 2, '0') << '.'
+        msg.formatted << '[' << static_cast<unsigned int>(tm_time.tm_year + 1900) << '-'
+                      << fmt::pad(static_cast<unsigned int>(tm_time.tm_mon + 1), 2, '0') << '-'
+                      << fmt::pad(static_cast<unsigned int>(tm_time.tm_mday), 2, '0') << ' '
+                      << fmt::pad(static_cast<unsigned int>(tm_time.tm_hour), 2, '0') << ':'
+                      << fmt::pad(static_cast<unsigned int>(tm_time.tm_min), 2, '0') << ':'
+                      << fmt::pad(static_cast<unsigned int>(tm_time.tm_sec), 2, '0') << '.'
                       << fmt::pad(static_cast<unsigned int>(millis), 3, '0') << "] ";
 
         msg.formatted << '[' << msg.logger_name << "] [" << level::to_str(msg.level) << "] ";
@@ -576,9 +574,10 @@ inline void spdlog::pattern_formatter::format(details::log_msg& msg)
 {
     try
     {
+		auto tm_time = details::os::localtime(log_clock::to_time_t(msg.time));
         for (auto &f : _formatters)
         {
-            f->format(msg);
+            f->format(msg, tm_time);
         }
         //write eol
         msg.formatted << details::os::eol();