On 19Sep2018 09:12, synch1216 at gmail.com <synch1216 at gmail.com> wrote: >I'm just trying to follow along with the logging tutorial documentation and I am getting this error: >>import logging >>logging.basicConfig(format= '%(asctime)s % (message)s', datefmt='%m%d%Y %I:%M:%S %p') Probably this: --------------------------^^ The space after the "%" in "% (message)s" is preventing correct recognision of the format. Cheers, Cameron Simpson <cs at cskk.id.au>