diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c
index 99d1137b081d2e14d75e3d4d1766c3bf921f1493..bc4e1e9654abf68967027676b4e06ebf69c79ed4 100644
--- a/builtin-log.c
+++ b/builtin-log.c
@@ -249,22 +249,13 @@ int cmd_whatchanged(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 static void show_tagger(char *buf, int len, struct rev_info *rev)
 {
-	char *email_end, *p;
-	unsigned long date;
-	int tz;
+	struct strbuf out = STRBUF_INIT;
 
-	email_end = memchr(buf, '>', len);
-	if (!email_end)
-		return;
-	p = ++email_end;
-	while (isspace(*p))
-		p++;
-	date = strtoul(p, &p, 10);
-	while (isspace(*p))
-		p++;
-	tz = (int)strtol(p, NULL, 10);
-	printf("Tagger: %.*s\nDate:   %s\n", (int)(email_end - buf), buf,
-	       show_date(date, tz, rev->date_mode));
+	pp_user_info("Tagger", rev->commit_format, &out, buf, rev->date_mode,
+		git_log_output_encoding ?
+		git_log_output_encoding: git_commit_encoding);
+	printf("%s\n", out.buf);
+	strbuf_release(&out);
 }
 
 static int show_object(const unsigned char *sha1, int show_tag_object,