Specify time zone

[Didactylos]

It would be useful for troubleshooting to have the absolute time when events occurred. So, could the log include the timezone offset when giving the date?

(Suggested by JmBoullier)

[davea]

Done; time zone is given once, at start of message log

[Didactylos]

That's a partial solution, but it doesn't help when people copy messages from the middle of the log.

When was this done? I can't find a timezone in any of my logs, and I built 5.11.0 on Monday.

[Didactylos]

An extra complication: the way I read it, the timezone stored in host_info can't be used as a message time offset, since it is the local standard time, not the actual local time. Basically, it ignores daylight saving. Possibly I'm reading it wrong; I didn't check this very carefully.

[Nicolas]

I have suggested to provide two logs: a computer-readable log, with non-changing format, and a user-readable log. Advantages: 3rd party tools would get more useful information than they can currently get from the existing log. We can do things to the user-readable log like changing messages for clarification or allowing translations, without breaking other programs.
Related to this ticket: the computer-readable log could save timestamps in UTC.