Zend Framework

Timestamp format an timezone through Zend_Date

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  • Type: Improvement Improvement
  • Status: Postponed Postponed
  • Priority: Major Major
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Affects Version/s: None
  • Fix Version/s: None
  • Component/s: Zend_Log
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Description

At the moment the format and the timezone of the timestamp in the log is hardcoded (date('c')).

This is very unattractive because of at least two reasons:
1. It is not possible to change the format e.g. to see milliseconds for performance profiling in the log
2. It is not possible to have a log with UTC timestamps even if the web application has other locale settings.

My recommendation is to give the possibility to assign a Zend_Date object to a Zend_Log object (or even better to a Zend_Date_Formatter object) which defines format and timezone for the log.

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ZF-4431 Zend causes php error or notice when using the log method Minor Closed

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Thomas Weidner added a comment -

There is no Zend_Date_Formatter class... you can simply set your wished format with toString($format); or a convinient method if any of the standard formats is used.

Details on implementation when having problems can be asked in the I18N mailing list.

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Thomas Weidner added a comment - There is no Zend_Date_Formatter class... you can simply set your wished format with toString($format); or a convinient method if any of the standard formats is used. Details on implementation when having problems can be asked in the I18N mailing list.
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Wil Sinclair added a comment -

How would this be implemented? By passing an instance of Zend_Date in the constructor of Zend_Log? By passing an instance of Zend_Date on every invocation of log()? Is there any need for the flexibility to log with different date formats using the same Zend_Log object as provided by the second proposal?

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Wil Sinclair added a comment - How would this be implemented? By passing an instance of Zend_Date in the constructor of Zend_Log? By passing an instance of Zend_Date on every invocation of log()? Is there any need for the flexibility to log with different date formats using the same Zend_Log object as provided by the second proposal?
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Wil Sinclair added a comment -

I'm waiting for a response from the reporter. Thomas, do you think this is a worthy change?
I'm postponing for now since this won't be fixed in the next few weeks unless a community member steps up.

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Wil Sinclair added a comment - I'm waiting for a response from the reporter. Thomas, do you think this is a worthy change? I'm postponing for now since this won't be fixed in the next few weeks unless a community member steps up.
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Thomas Weidner added a comment -

Sorry for my late response... I was somehow disconnected from the watch list.

There are several ways:
We could add a 'dateformat' option where you could define "yyMMDD" for example to get that format as date within your logs.

I don't know Zend_Log details but only when Zend_Log allows to use a self defined time/date we could add the possibility to attach a Zend_Date object as date/time to use. Otherwise we would overwrite the actual date as the user could with Zend_Date give a completly other date than wished.

Still there are two things to mention:
First: Components should be loosly coupled... so the default behaviour should still be to use date('c') and only when configured/given within the options to use Zend_Date

Second: I think this idea should be written in a own proposal as there are several other advantages/disadvantages which have to be thought of.

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Thomas Weidner added a comment - Sorry for my late response... I was somehow disconnected from the watch list. There are several ways: We could add a 'dateformat' option where you could define "yyMMDD" for example to get that format as date within your logs. I don't know Zend_Log details but only when Zend_Log allows to use a self defined time/date we could add the possibility to attach a Zend_Date object as date/time to use. Otherwise we would overwrite the actual date as the user could with Zend_Date give a completly other date than wished. Still there are two things to mention: First: Components should be loosly coupled... so the default behaviour should still be to use date('c') and only when configured/given within the options to use Zend_Date Second: I think this idea should be written in a own proposal as there are several other advantages/disadvantages which have to be thought of.

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