Adjusting settings load and parsing

restclients_core/dao.py

@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ class DAO(object):
     def __init__(self):
         self.implementation = None
 
+        # format is ISO 8601
+        log_start_str = self.get_service_setting("TIMING_START", None)
+        log_end_str = self.get_service_setting("TIMING_END", None)
+
+        if log_start_str is not None and log_end_str is not None:
+            self.log_start = dateutil.parser.parse(log_start_str)
+            self.log_end = dateutil.parser.parse(log_end_str)
+
     def service_name(self):
         """
         This method must be overridden to define your service's short name.
@@ -260,14 +268,8 @@ def should_log(self):
         log_timing = self.get_service_setting("TIMING_LOG_ENABLED", False)
         logging_rate = float(self.get_service_setting("TIMING_LOG_RATE", 1.0))
 
-        # format is ISO 8601
-        log_start_str = self.get_service_setting("TIMING_START", None)
-        log_end_str = self.get_service_setting("TIMING_END", None)
-
-        if log_start_str is not None and log_end_str is not None:
-            log_start = dateutil.parser.parse(log_start_str)
-            log_end = dateutil.parser.parse(log_end_str)
-            if not log_start < datetime.datetime.now() < log_end:
+        if self.log_start is not None and self.log_end is not None:
+            if not self.log_start < datetime.datetime.now() < self.log_end:
                 return False
 
         if not log_timing: