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DateLayoutRenderer - Changed default Format to yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.ffff - #6252
This issue is tagged breaking change / breaking behavior change. Investigation showed DateLayoutRenderer.Culture already defaults to CultureInfo.InvariantCulture (via #5740, already on dev), so ${date} output was already stable across thread/system culture — there was no live culture-dependency bug to fix.
I posted a scoping comment on the issue asking whether the maintainer wanted (a) a straight default change, (b) a non-breaking opt-in flag, or (c) something else, since the actual remaining gap is just the default Formatstring itself being inconsistent with the rest of NLog. @snakefoot responded that there's no bug — it's "just a funny default value" — and that this targets the NLog v7 milestone, so a straight default change is fine there.
This PR implements that straight change:
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DateLayoutRenderer's default Format changed from yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.fff to yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.ffff, matching the convention used elsewhere in NLog (${longdate}, InternalLogger's internal timestamp format).
Updated DefaultDateTest in DateTests.cs to assert the new default output.
Added a CHANGELOG.md entry under a new "Version 7.0 (Unreleased)" / "Breaking Changes" section.
This is a breaking behavior change: anyone using ${date} without an explicit Format will see different default output. Users who already set Format explicitly are unaffected.
dotnet test tests/NLog.UnitTests/NLog.UnitTests.csproj --filter "FullyQualifiedName~DateTests" — 27/27 pass (net10.0 and net462).
Full NLog.UnitTests suite (net10.0) — 2587/2589 pass (2 skipped, unrelated to this change); the run's final "Out of memory" test-host crash is from an unrelated memory-heavy test, not exercised by or related to this change.
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DateLayoutRenderer now defaults to yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.ffff. Its documentation, deterministic unit test, and Version 7.0 changelog entry reflect this change.
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Date format update
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Default format contract and validation src/NLog/LayoutRenderers/DateLayoutRenderer.cs, tests/NLog.UnitTests/LayoutRenderers/DateTests.cs, CHANGELOG.md
The renderer default and Format documentation use yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.ffff. The test asserts exact output for a fixed timestamp. The changelog records the breaking change.
The default ${date} output changes for users who do not set a format, and the changelog documents this as a breaking change. No functional defect was found in the change. Whether to merge before the v7 roadmap is ready is a maintainer scheduling decision.
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Issue #6232 (direct, open) asks for two default-format changes. (1) DateLayoutRenderer default Format should change from yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.fff to yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.ffff. The PR makes this chan…
Change the ${processtime} output in src/NLog/LayoutRenderers/ProcessTimeLayoutRenderer.cs (WriteTimestamp) to produce HH:mm:ss.ffff format, and update its documentation comment. Add or update an automated test that verifies the default …
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The title names the main change: the default Format of DateLayoutRenderer changes to yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.ffff. The raw summary, the PR description, and the objectives all describe this same change. Th…
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The description explains the change, the breaking-change tradeoff, the linked issue #6232, the CHANGELOG entry, and the test results. It matches the changeset in detail. It also notes that the issue's…
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The PR changes three files: src/NLog/LayoutRenderers/DateLayoutRenderer.cs (default Format and its documentation), tests/NLog.UnitTests/LayoutRenderers/DateTests.cs (DefaultDateTest), and CHANGELOG.md…
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The title names the main change: the default Format of DateLayoutRenderer changes to yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.ffff. The raw summary, the PR description, and the objectives all describe this same change. The title is specific and matches the changeset.
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The description explains the change, the breaking-change tradeoff, the linked issue #6232, the CHANGELOG entry, and the test results. It matches the changeset in detail. It also notes that the issue's process-time format request is not covered, which fits the objectives.
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The PR changes three files: src/NLog/LayoutRenderers/DateLayoutRenderer.cs (default Format and its documentation), tests/NLog.UnitTests/LayoutRenderers/DateTests.cs (DefaultDateTest), and CHANGELOG.md (Version 7.0 breaking-change entry). Each change supports the DateLayoutRenderer objective of issue #6232 or documents its breaking behavior. No unrelated change is shown. The missing processtime change is a gap in scope coverage, not an out-of-scope change.
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Issue #6232 (direct, open) asks for two default-format changes. (1) DateLayoutRenderer default Format should change from yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.fff to yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.ffff. The PR makes this change in src/NLog/LayoutRenderers/DateLayoutRenderer.cs and updates DefaultDateTest to assert the exact output. This requirement is met. (2) ${processtime} should use HH:mm:ss.ffff instead of fff. At the reviewed head, ProcessTimeLayoutRenderer.cs is unchanged by this PR. Its WriteTimestamp method still writes three-digit milliseconds, and the PR diff does not touch this file. The PR description also does not report this change. No automated test covers the processtime default. This requirement is unmet.
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Change the ${processtime} output in src/NLog/LayoutRenderers/ProcessTimeLayoutRenderer.cs (WriteTimestamp) to produce HH:mm:ss.ffff format, and update its documentation comment. Add or update an automated test that verifies the default ${processtime} output. Keep the completed DateLayoutRenderer changes.
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A rabbit checks the date display, With four fine ticks to mark the day. Hyphens keep the year in line, A steady test confirms the time. The changelog notes the format change, Then hops away beneath the range.
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You should probably not expect this to be merged before NLog v7 roadmap is ready. In a year or more (no deadline yet).
Also think this will be down-prioritized if start working on #6235, which require rewrite of everything to support a new logging pipeline, where all layoutrenderers has be rewritten, including this.
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- [#6232](https://github.com/NLog/NLog/issues/6232) DateLayoutRenderer - Changed default Format to `yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.ffff` for consistency with rest of NLog (breaking change, was `yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.fff`).
#!/bin/bashset -euo pipefail
echo'--- ProcessTimeLayoutRenderer.cs ---'
cat -n src/NLog/LayoutRenderers/ProcessTimeLayoutRenderer.cs
echo'--- ProcessTimeLayoutRendererTests.cs ---'
cat -n tests/NLog.UnitTests/LayoutRenderers/ProcessTimeLayoutRendererTests.cs
echo'--- all direct format references ---'
rg -n -C 3 'HH:mm:ss\.fff|HH:mm:ss\.ffff|WriteTimestamp|ProcessTimeLayoutRenderer' \
src tests CHANGELOG.md
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Update ${processtime} to use four fractional-second digits.
ProcessTimeLayoutRenderer and its regression tests still emit and expect HH:mm:ss.fff. Change the renderer and tests to use HH:mm:ss.ffff.
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In `@CHANGELOG.md` at line 9, Update ProcessTimeLayoutRenderer’s default date-time
format from HH:mm:ss.fff to HH:mm:ss.ffff, and revise its regression tests’
expected values and assertions to match the four fractional-second digits.
Aligns the default with the convention used elsewhere in NLog
(${longdate}, InternalLogger), replacing the previous
yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.fff. Breaking behavior change for v7, per
maintainer confirmation on the issue.
FixesNLog#6232
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Change the `${processtime}` output in
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Fixes #6232.
Background / breaking-change tradeoff
This issue is tagged
breaking change/breaking behavior change. Investigation showedDateLayoutRenderer.Culturealready defaults toCultureInfo.InvariantCulture(via #5740, already ondev), so${date}output was already stable across thread/system culture — there was no live culture-dependency bug to fix.I posted a scoping comment on the issue asking whether the maintainer wanted (a) a straight default change, (b) a non-breaking opt-in flag, or (c) something else, since the actual remaining gap is just the default
Formatstring itself being inconsistent with the rest of NLog. @snakefoot responded that there's no bug — it's "just a funny default value" — and that this targets the NLog v7 milestone, so a straight default change is fine there.This PR implements that straight change:
Changes
DateLayoutRenderer's defaultFormatchanged fromyyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.ffftoyyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.ffff, matching the convention used elsewhere in NLog (${longdate},InternalLogger's internal timestamp format).DefaultDateTestinDateTests.csto assert the new default output.CHANGELOG.mdentry under a new "Version 7.0 (Unreleased)" / "Breaking Changes" section.This is a breaking behavior change: anyone using
${date}without an explicitFormatwill see different default output. Users who already setFormatexplicitly are unaffected.Testing
dotnet build src/NLog/NLog.csproj -c Debug— succeeds.dotnet test tests/NLog.UnitTests/NLog.UnitTests.csproj --filter "FullyQualifiedName~DateTests"— 27/27 pass (net10.0 and net462).NLog.UnitTestssuite (net10.0) — 2587/2589 pass (2 skipped, unrelated to this change); the run's final "Out of memory" test-host crash is from an unrelated memory-heavy test, not exercised by or related to this change.