From 705ee1529679a658a6f2015a1b10a7d5a3596770 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: fwcd <fwcdmail@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 15:46:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Logging: Include timestamp in `mixxx.log`

As per the discussion. Note that the stdout format can still be
customized dynamically via the `QT_MESSAGE_PATTERN` environment
variable.

Co-authored-by: Swiftb0y <12380386+Swiftb0y@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/util/logging.cpp | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/util/logging.cpp b/src/util/logging.cpp
index 49d95445de5..c682cd80d30 100644
--- a/src/util/logging.cpp
+++ b/src/util/logging.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 #include <QByteArray>
+#include <QDateTime>
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QIODevice>
@@ -121,6 +122,8 @@ inline QString formatLogFileMessage(
         QtMsgType type,
         const QString& message,
         const QString& threadName) {
+    QString timestamp = QDateTime::currentDateTime().toString("hh:mm:ss.zzz");
+
     QString levelName;
     switch (type) {
     case QtDebugMsg:
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ inline QString formatLogFileMessage(
         break;
     }
 
-    return levelName + QStringLiteral(" [") + threadName + QStringLiteral("] ") + message;
+    return QStringLiteral("%1 %2 [%3] %4").arg(timestamp, levelName, threadName, message);
 }
 
 /// Actually write a log message to a file.