How do I change the filename python's logging library outputs to?

Question

I am using a TimedRotatingFileHandler for my Python project for logging. However, when it's time for a rollover, it changes my base file name from baseName.log to baseName.log.(TimeStamp) , what can I do so it instead looks like baseName.(TimeStamp).log .

That way who ever is using it doesn't have to configure what program to use each time it try to open it.

Answer 1

Unfortunately, this feature is not present in logging . However, you can very easily use the message formatting of this library to output a time stamp of each message logged in your file. Afterwards, a very simple python script could allow you to break down the files into two for all timestamps greater to whatever you want.

FORMAT = '%(asctime)- %(message)s'
logging.basicConfig(format=FORMAT)