[FR] log timestamps in ISO8601 format with timezone

[pspacek]

Current behavior Is there a current behavior that the feature relates to?

Related to log output generated by:

unbound -d

It logs in timestamp format like:

[1727194783] unbound[265379:0] error: bind: address already in use

Describe the desired feature I would like to see standard ISO timestamp format for output, including timezone.

2024-09-24T18:11:29.157+00:00 unbound[265379:0] error: bind: address already in use

Potential use-case

• Adding timezone would greatly simplify correlating logs from different servers.
• Maintaining custom parser is ... suboptimal.

Request in NSD to do the same: https://github.com/NLnetLabs/nsd/issues/383

BTW Knot DNS uses the ISO format already.

[wcawijngaards]

The options log-time-ascii: yes and log-time-iso: yes produce ISO8601 timestamps in the log file. It is an option so that existing parsers keep working, but also can be simplified.

[pspacek]

Thank you very much, this was fast like lightning!