Date and Time Pattern not coming

[Anisha-Thomas]

Hi All,

   I'm facing an issue with date and time format in log's in 2 linux servers.Both the servers having same .war file deployed in apache tomcat but one it's coming properly and one not showing date and time.Both have same configuration files(tomcat lib,context.xml,server.xml,logging.properties).Can any one give suggestions to debug or fix this issue?

[vy]

1. Could you share your Log4j configuration (e.g., log4j2.xml) along with logging.properties, please?
2. Do you happen to configure Log4j programmatically?
3. Do you run both processes with identical LC_* environment variables and JVM system properties?

[Anisha-Thomas]

Hi Volkan, 1. Please find below Log4j configuration (e.g., log4j2.xml) along with logging.properties. *log4j.properties* ```properties logFileLoc = ${catalina.base}/logs/ log4j.debug=true log4j.rootLogger=INFO, stdout,DEBUG, CON log4j.appender.CON=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender log4j.appender.CON.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.CON.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss}: [%-5p] %c{1}:%L - %m%n log4j.logger.*=DEBUG,MonitorAppender ## logging for our application log4j.logger.com.example.app=INFO log4j.logger.org.hibernate=ERROR log4j.appender.stdout = org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss}: [%-5p] %c{1}:%L - %m%n # Redirect Log Messages To A Debug Log File, Support File Rolling !! log4j.appender.fileAppender=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender log4j.appender.fileAppender.File=${logFileLoc}/catalina.out log4j.appender.fileAppender.MaxFileSize=200MB log4j.appender.fileAppender.MaxBackupIndex=20 log4j.appender.fileAppender.Append=true log4j.appender.fileAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.fileAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss}: [%-5p] %c{1}:%L - %m%n ## hibernate logging log4j.logger.org.hibernate.cache=TRACE log4j.logger.org.hibernate.SQL=TRACE log4j.logger.org.hibernate.tool.hbm2ddl=TRACE log4j.logger.org.hibernate.type=TRACE ## log4jdbc OFF by default log4j.logger.jdbc.sqlonly=ON log4j.logger.jdbc.sqltiming=ON log4j.logger.jdbc.audit=ON log4j.logger.jdbc.resultset=ON log4j.logger.jdbc.resultsettable=ON log4j.logger.jdbc.connection=ON ``` *logging.properties(apache-tomcat/tomcat/conf)* ```properties # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more # contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with # this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. # The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 # (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with # the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and # limitations under the License. handlers = 1catalina.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler, 2localhost.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler, 3manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler, 4host-manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler, java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler .handlers = 1catalina.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler, java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler ############################################################ # Handler specific properties. # Describes specific configuration info for Handlers. ############################################################ 1catalina.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.level = FINE 1catalina.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.directory = ${catalina.base}/logs 1catalina.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.prefix = catalina. 1catalina.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.maxDays = 90 1catalina.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.encoding = UTF-8 2localhost.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.level = FINE 2localhost.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.directory = ${catalina.base}/logs 2localhost.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.prefix = localhost. 2localhost.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.maxDays = 90 2localhost.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.encoding = UTF-8 3manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.level = FINE 3manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.directory = ${catalina.base}/logs 3manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.prefix = manager. 3manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.maxDays = 90 3manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.encoding = UTF-8 4host-manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.level = FINE 4host-manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.directory = ${catalina.base}/logs 4host-manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.prefix = host-manager. 4host-manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.maxDays = 90 4host-manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.encoding = UTF-8 java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level = FINE #java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter = org.apache.juli.OneLineFormatter java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.encoding = UTF-8 ############################################################ # Facility specific properties. # Provides extra control for each logger. ############################################################ org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].level = INFO org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].handlers = 2localhost.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/manager].level = INFO org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/manager].handlers = 3manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/host-manager].level = INFO org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/host-manager].handlers = 4host-manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler # For example, set the org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase logger to log # each component that extends LifecycleBase changing state: #org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.level = FINE # To see debug messages in TldLocationsCache, uncomment the following line: #org.apache.jasper.compiler.TldLocationsCache.level = FINE # To see debug messages for HTTP/2 handling, uncomment the following line: #org.apache.coyote.http2.level = FINE # To see debug messages for WebSocket handling, uncomment the following line: #org.apache.tomcat.websocket.level = FINE ``` 2. Yes,we have configured Log4j programmatically. ```java Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(className); ``` above line, we use for initializing the logger in code level 3. LC_* environment variables and JVM system properties are same in both servers

[ppkarwasz]

@Anisha-Thomas,

You probably need to start by identifying, which logging framework is logging log events without a timestamp. Since you configured all frameworks to write to the console you'll find all sort of output in catalina.out (see Tomcat documentation for more details). Can you give some examples of log lines with and without a timestamp?

You can distinguish the output of Tomcat JULI from Log4j, since they are configured to use different patterns:

• Tomcat JULI uses a pattern equivalent to %d{dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSS} %p [%t] %C.%M %m%n.
• Your Log4j configuration specifies a pattern of %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss}: [%-5p] %c{1}:%L - %m%n.

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