Allow user to configure timezone

[ryan-ju]

At the moment, the only way to control time format is the zerolog.TimeFieldFormat.

There should be a way to allow the user to change the timezone of the timestamp.

Example: a user wants to always log in Zulu timezone (Z without timezone), no matter where the server is running. If she sets TimeFieldFormat to 2006-01-02T15:04:05Z, then the timestamp will be wrong if the server is running anywhere other than UTC.

[ghost]

+1. Exactly same issue I have

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On Mon, 11 Jun 2018, 12:45 Ryan Ju, ***@***.***> wrote: At the moment, the only way to control time format is the zerolog.TimeFieldFormat. There should be a way to allow the user to change the timezone of the timestamp. Example: a user wants to always log in Zulu timezone (Z without timezone), no matter where the server is running. If she sets TimeFieldFormat to 2006-01-02T15:04:05Z, then the timestamp will be wrong if the server is running anywhere other than UTC. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#77>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ATuCwrNvMkXIv_7LY2cf3zBGKIxuS6TRks5t7kozgaJpZM4Uid4k> .

[ryan-ju]

@gedw99 I just found a workaround:

zerolog/globals.go

Line 31 in a025d45

TimestampFunc = time.Now

zerolog. TimestampFunc = func() time.Time {
    return time.Now().UTC()
}

[ghost]

:) Ah of course you can "overload" it with a func.. thanks "

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On Mon, 11 Jun 2018 at 15:44 Ryan Ju ***@***.***> wrote: @gedw99 <https://github.com/gedw99> I just found a workaround: https://github.com/rs/zerolog/blob/a025d45231e5359143134c3c73d0b0f3975ed705/globals.go#L31 zerolog. TimestampFunc = func() time.Time { return time.Now().UTC() } — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#77 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ATuCwtnretcjBpRmk5BfSpVAuikVdGP-ks5t7nQigaJpZM4Uid4k> .

[jnovack]

Sorry to necro, just posting this for future people (or me when I forget).

To get the local time zone:

zerolog.TimestampFunc = func() time.Time {
	return time.Now().In(time.Local)
}

[ysomad]

Sorry to necro, just posting this for future people (or me when I forget).

To get the local time zone:

zerolog.TimestampFunc = func() time.Time {
	return time.Now().In(time.Local)
}

time.Now() by default returning local time

[mamyn0va]

Is there a way to define the time field format without using a global variable ?
I have a race condition as I run my app both times for testing purpose.