Hi!
I am using log4j 1.2.15 and noticed that the timestamps in logs have
no TZ information.
They are created by config like this:
log4j.appender.A1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.A1.layout.ConversionPattern=%d DATABASE->%-5p [%c] - %m%n
Is there a way to get either:
- same format, but with TZ info (offset), or
- same format, but time in UTC
without switching to other or additional software?
I think I can get the first by using a pattern like %d{yyyy-MM-dd
HH:mm:ss,SSS Z}
that is using the "Z" pattern letter. That would then use
java.text.SimpleDateFormat to
do the formatting, right?
The javadocs are a bit vague:
"The date format specifier admits the same syntax as the time pattern
string of the SimpleDateFormat."
(source:
http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/apidocs/org/apache/log4j/PatternLayout.html)
It says the same syntax is used, but it is unclear it actually
SimpleDateFormat is used or a different, compatible implementation.
If it is SimpleDateFormat used, how bad is the performance hit that is
mentioned there?
For the second option, I could set the system time zone to UTC, or
maybe the applications* zone?
Any comments? Better ideas?
* - it is actually an application server, tomcat, JBoss or similar,
not set in stone yet
I also see in the API doc, that ISO8601DateFormat has a constructor
that takes a TimeZone argument.
Can that be used? Ideally just by changing the config file?
Regards,
David
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