logging-step4.py

# Formatting the messages in the logging output

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# Jan 15, 2015

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#import the logging module
import logging

# specify to log to a file, specify the format for the message and the date format and the logging level
logging.basicConfig(filename='mylog.log',format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s: %(message)s',datefmt='%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p', level=logging.DEBUG)

# log some messages
logging.debug('This is a debug message.  We should see this in the file.')
logging.info('This is an info message.  We should see this in the file.')
logging.warning('This is a warning message.  We should see this in the file.')