Hello if I use the %d option I receive the minutes instead of the month .
[19.16.2003] AWT-EventQueue-0 INFO OCVscroll : Bin im MouseDown, Datum : 19.2.2003 22:16:44 this is a result after using a test with getDateTimeInstance. ... dateFormatter = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.DEFAULT, DateFormat.DEFAULT, new Locale("de", "CH")); today = new Date(); dateOut = dateFormatter.format(today); ... cat.info("Bin im MouseDown, Datum : " + dateOut); The Log4J.properties : log4j.rootCategory=DEBUG, dest1 log4j.appender.dest1=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender log4j.appender.dest1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout #Log Formatierung mit Datum Ausgabe #log4j.appender.dest1.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d{dd MMM yyyy}] %-5p %c : %m%n log4j.appender.dest1.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %-5p %c : %m%n Thanks for any tips regards Damian --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]