diff --git a/apps/memos-local-plugin/bridge.cts b/apps/memos-local-plugin/bridge.cts
index 81848acf7..1d01b2140 100644
--- a/apps/memos-local-plugin/bridge.cts
+++ b/apps/memos-local-plugin/bridge.cts
@@ -252,6 +252,11 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
     pkgVersion,
     hostLlmBridge: args.daemon ? null : lazyHostLlmBridge,
     home: resolvedHome,
+    // Standalone bridge owns its stdio — initialize the logger from
+    // config.logging (timezone, level, channels, file sinks). Without this the
+    // logger stays on the bootstrap console default (tz pinned to "UTC"), which
+    // makes logging.timezone inert in the daemon.
+    initLogging: true,
   });
 
   const telemetry = new Telemetry(
diff --git a/apps/memos-local-plugin/core/pipeline/memory-core.ts b/apps/memos-local-plugin/core/pipeline/memory-core.ts
index b4e331c71..3e9541561 100644
--- a/apps/memos-local-plugin/core/pipeline/memory-core.ts
+++ b/apps/memos-local-plugin/core/pipeline/memory-core.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ import type {
 import type { ResolvedConfig, ResolvedHome } from "../config/index.js";
 import { loadConfig, resolveHome, SECRET_FIELD_PATHS } from "../config/index.js";
 import { feedbackText, runFeedbackExperience } from "../experience/feedback-builder.js";
-import { rootLogger } from "../logger/index.js";
+import { initLogger, rootLogger } from "../logger/index.js";
 import type { Logger } from "../logger/types.js";
 import { openDb } from "../storage/connection.js";
 import { runMigrations } from "../storage/migrator.js";
@@ -143,6 +143,13 @@ export interface BootstrapOptions {
   hostLlmBridge?: HostLlmBridge | null;
   /** Optional telemetry instance for ARMS RUM reporting. */
   telemetry?: import("../telemetry/index.js").Telemetry | null;
+  /**
+   * When true, initialize the global logger from `config.logging` (timezone,
+   * level, channels, file/audit/llm/perf/events sinks). The standalone daemon
+   * (`bridge.cts`) owns its stdio and must set this; embedded plugin hosts
+   * leave it false so the host keeps control of logging.
+   */
+  initLogging?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface BootstrapResult {
@@ -182,6 +189,13 @@ export async function bootstrapMemoryCoreFull(
     : await loadConfig(home);
   const config = configResult.config;
 
+  // Standalone daemon: wire the global logger from config (timezone, level,
+  // channels, file sinks) before anything logs. Embedded hosts skip this and
+  // keep their own logger. Idempotent — re-init swaps the active root in place.
+  if (options.initLogging) {
+    initLogger(config, home);
+  }
+
   const log = rootLogger.child({
     channel: "core.pipeline.bootstrap",
     ctx: { agent: options.agent },
diff --git a/apps/memos-local-plugin/tests/unit/pipeline/bootstrap-logging.test.ts b/apps/memos-local-plugin/tests/unit/pipeline/bootstrap-logging.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89bdd2091
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/memos-local-plugin/tests/unit/pipeline/bootstrap-logging.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/**
+ * Bootstrap logger initialization.
+ *
+ * The standalone daemon (`bridge.cts`) resolves config inside
+ * `bootstrapMemoryCoreFull` but historically never called `initLogger`, so the
+ * active logger stayed on the `bootstrapConsoleOnly()` default with `tz` pinned
+ * to "UTC". That made `logging.timezone` (and the rest of the `logging.*`
+ * block) inert in the daemon. These tests pin the opt-in wiring.
+ */
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { makeTmpHome, type TmpHomeContext } from "../../helpers/tmp-home.js";
+import {
+  initTestLogger,
+  memoryBuffer,
+  rootLogger,
+} from "../../../core/logger/index.js";
+import type { MemoryCore } from "../../../agent-contract/memory-core.js";
+
+describe("bootstrapMemoryCoreFull logger init", () => {
+  let home: TmpHomeContext | null = null;
+  let core: MemoryCore | null = null;
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    if (core) await core.shutdown();
+    if (home) await home.cleanup();
+    core = null;
+    home = null;
+    initTestLogger();
+  });
+
+  it("initializes the active logger from config when initLogging is set", async () => {
+    const { bootstrapMemoryCoreFull } = await import(
+      "../../../core/pipeline/memory-core.js"
+    );
+    home = await makeTmpHome({
+      agent: "openclaw",
+      configYaml: `
+logging:
+  timezone: America/Los_Angeles
+`,
+    });
+
+    const result = await bootstrapMemoryCoreFull({
+      agent: "openclaw",
+      home: home.home,
+      config: home.config,
+      pkgVersion: "bootstrap-test",
+      initLogging: true,
+    });
+    core = result.core;
+
+    rootLogger.child({ channel: "core.session" }).info("bootstrap.tz");
+    await rootLogger.flush();
+
+    expect(memoryBuffer().tail({ limit: 1 }).at(0)?.tz).toBe(
+      "America/Los_Angeles",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("leaves the logger untouched when initLogging is not requested", async () => {
+    const { bootstrapMemoryCoreFull } = await import(
+      "../../../core/pipeline/memory-core.js"
+    );
+    home = await makeTmpHome({
+      agent: "openclaw",
+      configYaml: `
+logging:
+  timezone: America/Los_Angeles
+`,
+    });
+
+    const result = await bootstrapMemoryCoreFull({
+      agent: "openclaw",
+      home: home.home,
+      config: home.config,
+      pkgVersion: "bootstrap-test",
+    });
+    core = result.core;
+
+    rootLogger.child({ channel: "core.session" }).info("bootstrap.default");
+    await rootLogger.flush();
+
+    // Embedded-plugin path: host owns logging, so the default UTC logger stays.
+    expect(memoryBuffer().tail({ limit: 1 }).at(0)?.tz).toBe("UTC");
+  });
+});