Python Logging: Specifying converter attribute of a log formatter in config file

Thu Aug 30 21:44:50 EDT 2012

I have the same problem and couldn't find a solution. It seems that converters can only be set programmatically?
On Thursday, August 30, 2012 6:38:27 AM UTC-4, Radha Krishna Srimanthula wrote:
> I'd like to have all timestamps in my log file to be UTC timestamp. When specified through code, this is done as follows:
>>>> myHandler = logging.FileHandler('mylogfile.log', 'a')
>> formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(name)-15s:%(lineno)4s: %(message)-80s')
>> formatter.converter = time.gmtime
>>>> myLogger = logging.getLogger('MyApp')
>> myLogger.addHandler(myHandler)
>>>>>> I'd like to move away from the above 'in-code' configuration to a config file based mechanism.
>>>> Here's the config file section for the formatter:
>>>> [handler_MyLogHandler]
>> args=("mylogfile.log", "a",)
>> class=FileHandler
>> level=DEBUG
>> formatter=simpleFormatter
>>>> Now, how do I specify the converter attribute (time.gmtime) in the above section?