From ea5e7c9e1cd7462e07842f394ca0c3b8d68dce45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Picciano <mediocregopher@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 10:37:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] make time formatting be optional

---
 main.go          | 17 ++++++++++-------
 pmux-example.yml |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e14ee50..8d77828 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -135,11 +135,18 @@ func (l *logger) println(line string) {
 	l.l.Lock()
 	defer l.l.Unlock()
 
+	if l.timeFmt != "" {
+		fmt.Fprintf(
+			l.outBuf,
+			"%s %c ",
+			time.Now().Format(l.timeFmt),
+			l.sep,
+		)
+	}
+
 	fmt.Fprintf(
 		l.outBuf,
-		"%s %c %s%s%c %s\n",
-		time.Now().Format(l.timeFmt),
-		l.sep,
+		"%s%s%c %s\n",
 		l.pname,
 		strings.Repeat(" ", int(*l.maxPNameLen+1)-len(l.pname)),
 		l.sep,
@@ -167,10 +174,6 @@ type config struct {
 
 func (cfg config) init() (config, error) {
 
-	if cfg.TimeFormat == "" {
-		cfg.TimeFormat = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.000Z07:00"
-	}
-
 	if len(cfg.Processes) == 0 {
 		return config{}, errors.New("no processes defined")
 	}
diff --git a/pmux-example.yml b/pmux-example.yml
index 8f67e94..009ea1a 100644
--- a/pmux-example.yml
+++ b/pmux-example.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # timeFormat defines the formatting of timestamps. See
 # https://pkg.go.dev/time#pkg-constants for more info on how the formatting
 # string works.
+#
+# If timeFormat isn't set then the time is not included in each log line.
 timeFormat: "2006-01-02T15:04:05.000Z07:00"
 
 # processes is the only required field, it must have at least one process