Hi doright, I agree. How about replacing 'since' with 'until' then?
-- Takashi On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 6:00 PM, doright <[email protected]> wrote: > anyone else ever had to use the logs to track down a bug? > > It's a great feature, but could be improved with better wording. It > certainly doesn't help a tricky job of hunting down a bug through logs > (especially when you have a multi-tenancy app) when the dates and times are > confusing. > > Problem (to my mind) is the use of the word "since" in the Options for log > searching. Since implies from a given point in time *going forward*. > Indeed the dictionary.com definition of since is: > "between a particular past time and the present;" > > Therefore the setting "since->now" is really an oxymoron and should always > return 0 results. > What's more confusing is that when you set a specific date and then search > "since" then. ie "since->22/08/12 @09:34" It actually gets all logs > occurring marginally AFTER that point in time, going BACK further in time. > That is definitely not SINCE in my mind. > > I know I'm being pedantic, but this type of usability all helps to create > great software... > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/8IK8zkPAqA0J. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > -- Takashi Matsuo | Developers Advocate | [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
