🌱 Allow Specification of the Log Timestamp Format

pkg/log/zap/flags.go

@@ -128,3 +128,41 @@ func (ev *stackTraceFlag) String() string {
 func (ev *stackTraceFlag) Type() string {
 	return "level"
 }
+
+type timeEncodingFlag struct {
+	setFunc func(zapcore.TimeEncoder)
+	value   string
+}
+
+var _ flag.Value = &timeEncodingFlag{}
+
+func (ev *timeEncodingFlag) String() string {
+	return ev.value
+}
+
+func (ev *timeEncodingFlag) Type() string {
+	return "time-encoding"
+}
+
+func (ev *timeEncodingFlag) Set(flagValue string) error {
+	val := strings.ToLower(flagValue)
+	switch val {
+	case "rfc3339nano":
+		ev.setFunc(zapcore.RFC3339NanoTimeEncoder)
+	case "rfc3339":
+		ev.setFunc(zapcore.RFC3339TimeEncoder)
+	case "iso8601":
+		ev.setFunc(zapcore.ISO8601TimeEncoder)
+	case "millis":
+		ev.setFunc(zapcore.EpochMillisTimeEncoder)
+	case "nanos":
+		ev.setFunc(zapcore.EpochNanosTimeEncoder)
+	case "epoch":
+		ev.setFunc(zapcore.EpochTimeEncoder)
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid time-encoding value \"%s\"", flagValue)
+	}
+
+	ev.value = flagValue
+	return nil
+}

pkg/log/zap/zap.go

@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ type Options struct {
 	// ZapOpts allows passing arbitrary zap.Options to configure on the
 	// underlying Zap logger.
 	ZapOpts []zap.Option
+	// TimeEncoder specifies the encoder for the timestamps in log messages.
+	// Defaults to EpochTimeEncoder as this is the default in Zap currently.
+	TimeEncoder zapcore.TimeEncoder
 }
 
 // addDefaults adds defaults to the Options.
@@ -212,6 +215,16 @@ func (o *Options) addDefaults() {
 				}))
 		}
 	}
+
+	if o.TimeEncoder == nil {
+		o.TimeEncoder = zapcore.EpochTimeEncoder
+	}
+	f := func(ecfg *zapcore.EncoderConfig) {
+		ecfg.EncodeTime = o.TimeEncoder
+	}
+	// prepend instead of append it in case someone adds a time encoder option in it
+	o.EncoderConfigOptions = append([]EncoderConfigOption{f}, o.EncoderConfigOptions...)
+
 	if o.Encoder == nil {
 		o.Encoder = o.NewEncoder(o.EncoderConfigOptions...)
 	}
@@ -273,6 +286,13 @@ func (o *Options) BindFlags(fs *flag.FlagSet) {
 	}
 	fs.Var(&stackVal, "zap-stacktrace-level",
 		"Zap Level at and above which stacktraces are captured (one of 'info', 'error', 'panic').")
+
+	// Set the time encoding
+	var timeEncoderVal timeEncodingFlag
+	timeEncoderVal.setFunc = func(fromFlag zapcore.TimeEncoder) {
+		o.TimeEncoder = fromFlag
+	}
+	fs.Var(&timeEncoderVal, "zap-time-encoding", "Zap time encoding (one of 'epoch', 'millis', 'nano', 'iso8601', 'rfc3339' or 'rfc3339nano'). Defaults to 'epoch'.")
 }
 
 // UseFlagOptions configures the logger to use the Options set by parsing zap option flags from the CLI.

pkg/log/zap/zap_test.go

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"flag"
 	"os"
+	"reflect"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
@@ -472,35 +473,76 @@ var _ = Describe("Zap log level flag options setup", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
-	Context("with encoder options provided programmatically", func() {
+	Context("with zap-time-encoding flag provided", func() {
+
+		It("Should set time encoder in options", func() {
+			args := []string{"--zap-time-encoding=rfc3339"}
+			fromFlags.BindFlags(&fs)
+			err := fs.Parse(args)
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+			opt := Options{}
+			UseFlagOptions(&fromFlags)(&opt)
+			opt.addDefaults()
+
+			optVal := reflect.ValueOf(opt.TimeEncoder)
+			expVal := reflect.ValueOf(zapcore.RFC3339TimeEncoder)
+
+			Expect(optVal.Pointer()).To(Equal(expVal.Pointer()))
+		})
+
+		It("Should default to 'epoch' time encoding", func() {
+			args := []string{""}
+			fromFlags.BindFlags(&fs)
+			err := fs.Parse(args)
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+			opt := Options{}
+			UseFlagOptions(&fromFlags)(&opt)
+			opt.addDefaults()
+
+			optVal := reflect.ValueOf(opt.TimeEncoder)
+			expVal := reflect.ValueOf(zapcore.EpochTimeEncoder)
+
+			Expect(optVal.Pointer()).To(Equal(expVal.Pointer()))
+		})
+
+		It("Should return an error message, with unknown time-encoding", func() {
+			fs = *flag.NewFlagSet(os.Args[0], flag.ContinueOnError)
+			args := []string{"--zap-time-encoding=foobar"}
+			fromFlags.BindFlags(&fs)
+			err := fs.Parse(args)
+			Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
+		})
+
+		It("Should propagate time encoder to logger", func() {
+			// zaps ISO8601TimeEncoder uses 2006-01-02T15:04:05.000Z0700 as pattern for iso8601 encoding
+			iso8601Pattern := `^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}.[0-9]{3}(\+[0-9]{4}|Z)`
 
-		It("Should set Console Encoder, with given Nanos TimeEncoder option.", func() {
+			args := []string{"--zap-time-encoding=iso8601"}
+			fromFlags.BindFlags(&fs)
+			err := fs.Parse(args)
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 			logOut := new(bytes.Buffer)
-			f := func(ec *zapcore.EncoderConfig) {
-				if err := ec.EncodeTime.UnmarshalText([]byte("nanos")); err != nil {
-					Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-				}
-			}
-			opts := func(o *Options) {
-				o.EncoderConfigOptions = append(o.EncoderConfigOptions, f)
-			}
-			log := New(UseDevMode(true), WriteTo(logOut), opts)
-			log.Info("This is a test message")
+
+			logger := New(UseFlagOptions(&fromFlags), WriteTo(logOut))
+			logger.Info("This is a test message")
+
 			outRaw := logOut.Bytes()
-			// Assert for Console Encoder
-			res := map[string]interface{}{}
-			Expect(json.Unmarshal(outRaw, &res)).ToNot(Succeed())
-			// Assert for Epoch Nanos TimeEncoder
-			Expect(string(outRaw)).ShouldNot(ContainSubstring("."))
 
+			res := map[string]interface{}{}
+			Expect(json.Unmarshal(outRaw, &res)).To(Succeed())
+			Expect(res["ts"]).Should(MatchRegexp(iso8601Pattern))
 		})
+
+	})
+
+	Context("with encoder options provided programmatically", func() {
+
 		It("Should set JSON Encoder, with given Millis TimeEncoder option, and MessageKey", func() {
 			logOut := new(bytes.Buffer)
 			f := func(ec *zapcore.EncoderConfig) {
 				ec.MessageKey = "MillisTimeFormat"
-				if err := ec.EncodeTime.UnmarshalText([]byte("millis")); err != nil {
-					Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-				}
 			}
 			opts := func(o *Options) {
 				o.EncoderConfigOptions = append(o.EncoderConfigOptions, f)
@@ -511,8 +553,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Zap log level flag options setup", func() {
 			// Assert for JSON Encoder
 			res := map[string]interface{}{}
 			Expect(json.Unmarshal(outRaw, &res)).To(Succeed())
-			// Assert for Epoch Nanos TimeEncoder
-			Expect(string(outRaw)).Should(ContainSubstring("."))
 			// Assert for MessageKey
 			Expect(string(outRaw)).Should(ContainSubstring("MillisTimeFormat"))
 		})