Add timestamps to codeplain log file

Enhance file logging with ISO-formatted timestamps (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS) to improve log readability and debugging. Console output remains unchanged with relative timestamps.

Fixes #76

Author: NejcS

plain2code.py

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
     UnsupportedResourceType,
 )
 from plain2code_logger import (
+    FILE_LOG_DATE_FORMAT,
+    FILE_LOG_FORMAT,
     LOGGER_NAME,
     CrashLogHandler,
     IndentedFormatter,
@@ -110,6 +112,11 @@ def setup_logging(
     root_logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)  # Capture all logs; handlers will filter levels as needed
 
     formatter = IndentedFormatter("%(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(message)s")
+    file_formatter = IndentedFormatter(
+        FILE_LOG_FORMAT,
+        datefmt=FILE_LOG_DATE_FORMAT,
+        indent=len("YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS "),
+    )
 
     if not headless:
         handler = LoggingHandler(event_bus, run_state)
@@ -119,7 +126,7 @@ def setup_logging(
     if log_to_file and log_file_path:
         try:
             file_handler = logging.FileHandler(log_file_path, mode="w", encoding="utf-8")
-            file_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+            file_handler.setFormatter(file_formatter)
             file_handler.setLevel(configured_log_level)
             root_logger.addHandler(file_handler)
         except Exception as e:
@@ -128,7 +135,7 @@ def setup_logging(
         # If file logging is disabled, use CrashLogHandler to buffer logs in memory
         # in case we need to dump them on crash.
         crash_handler = CrashLogHandler()
-        crash_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+        crash_handler.setFormatter(file_formatter)
         crash_handler.setLevel(configured_log_level)
         root_logger.addHandler(crash_handler)
 

plain2code_logger.py

@@ -9,12 +9,19 @@
 
 LOGGER_NAME = "codeplain"
 
+FILE_LOG_FORMAT = "%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s: %(message)s"
+FILE_LOG_DATE_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+
 
 class IndentedFormatter(logging.Formatter):
+    def __init__(self, fmt=None, datefmt=None, indent=16):
+        super().__init__(fmt=fmt, datefmt=datefmt)
+        self._indent = " " * indent
+
     def format(self, record):
         original_message = record.getMessage()
 
-        modified_message = original_message.replace("\n", "\n                ")
+        modified_message = original_message.replace("\n", "\n" + self._indent)
 
         record.msg = modified_message
         return super().format(record)
@@ -91,7 +98,7 @@ def dump_crash_logs(args, formatter=None):
         return
 
     if formatter is None:
-        formatter = IndentedFormatter("%(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(message)s")
+        formatter = IndentedFormatter(FILE_LOG_FORMAT, datefmt=FILE_LOG_DATE_FORMAT, indent=len("YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS "))
 
     root_logger = logging.getLogger(LOGGER_NAME)
     crash_handler = next((h for h in root_logger.handlers if isinstance(h, CrashLogHandler)), None)