On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 03:22:56PM +0200, Jan Kurik wrote: > = Proposed System Wide Change: Rsyslog log format change proposal = > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RsyslogLogFormat > > Change owner(s): > * Radovan Sroka <rsroka AT redhat DOT com> > * Roman Pavelka <rpavelka AT redhat DOT com> > > Currently Fedora uses RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat as a default > format for timestamps in its logs. There is missing year and timezone. > This proposal aims to change this by adopting ISO 8601 and RFC 3339 > compliant timestamp format known as RSYSLOG_FileFormat instead of > current RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat. > > > == Detailed Description == > Currently Fedora, RHEL and CentOS use RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat > for log’s timestamp, so timestamps in files like /var/log/messages, > /var/log/cron and /var/log/secure looks like e.g.: > > May 29 13:37:50 localhost systemd: Starting Fingerprint Authentication Daemon... > > > This format has few disadvantages > * Does not include year which sometimes may be needed, mostly when > doing long term analysis or some investigation. > * Does not include timezone which may be important piece when working > with system scattered around the globe. > * It is not standard format. Standards are ISO 8601 and more strict RFC 3339 > > We would propose to change this to defaults to standard format with > timezone included. We are suggesting new RSYSLOG_FileFormat that looks > like e.g.: > > 2017-05-29T13:40:50.976409+02:00 localhost systemd: Stopping System > Logging Service... This matches short-iso-precise output format in journalctl, added in the upcoming systemd v234. Please mention that in the change description, it's important to let people switch easily. Zbyszek _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
