From 1631c72f706e7ffcb14f9682a2f8c0a87c22fcac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 20:42:18 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] don't use STDERR anymore. also timestamps off by default

Signed-off-by: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
---
 flags.go   |  1 +
 reallog.go | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/flags.go b/flags.go
index 927ccb5..ce99aa8 100644
--- a/flags.go
+++ b/flags.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ type LogFlag struct {
 
 var flags []*LogFlag
 var daemonMode bool
+var timestamps bool = false
 var httpMode http.ResponseWriter
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/reallog.go b/reallog.go
index 9962329..249a03f 100644
--- a/reallog.go
+++ b/reallog.go
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ func DaemonMode(b bool) {
 	daemonMode = b
 }
 
+func Timestamps(b bool) {
+	timestamps = b
+}
+
+
 var captureMode io.Writer
 
 func CaptureMode(w io.Writer) {
@@ -59,15 +64,22 @@ func realPrintln(a ...any) {
 	} else {
 		// put timestamps on each line
 		if captureMode == nil {
+		if timestamps {
 			reallog.Println(a...)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Println(a...)
+		}
 		} else {
 			// TODO: add datestamp
 			fmt.Fprintln(captureMode, a...)
 		}
 	}
 	if httpMode != nil {
-		now := time.Now()
-		timestamp := now.Format("2006/01/02 15:04:05") // bummer. other date doesn't work?
+		var timestamp string
+		if timestamps {
+			now := time.Now()
+			timestamp = now.Format("2006/01/02 15:04:05") // todo: fix GO so Nov 5 1955 works here
+		}
 		s := timestamp + " " + fmt.Sprint(a...)
 		fmt.Fprintln(httpMode, s)
 		if flusher != nil {
@@ -87,14 +99,21 @@ func realPrintf(s string, a ...any) {
 	} else {
 		// put timestamps on each line
 		if captureMode == nil {
-			reallog.Printf(s, a...)
+			if timestamps {
+				reallog.Printf(s, a...)
+			} else {
+				fmt.Printf(s, a...)
+			}
 		} else {
 			fmt.Fprintf(captureMode, s, a...)
 		}
 	}
 	if httpMode != nil {
-		now := time.Now()
-		timestamp := now.Format("2006/01/02 15:04:05") // bummer. other date doesn't work?
+		var timestamp string
+		if timestamps {
+			now := time.Now()
+			timestamp = now.Format("2006/01/02 15:04:05")
+		}
 		s := timestamp + " " + fmt.Sprintf(s, a...)
 		fmt.Fprintln(httpMode, s)
 		if flusher != nil {