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Ralph Goers commented on LOG4J2-3058:
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[~andrew.harris] Thanks. You are correct that there is no easy way around the
situation. I am communicating with the OpenJDK team to see if something can be
done but I have my doubts that it would be back-ported to Java 11. At this
point it would be lucky to make Java 17.
> Support UNIX_NANOS in PatternLayout
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>
> Key: LOG4J2-3058
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-3058
> Project: Log4j 2
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Layouts
> Affects Versions: 2.14.1
> Environment: Tested on MacOS 10.15, Java 11.
> Reporter: Andrew Harris
> Priority: Trivial
>
> Hello! I would like to have access to a predefined named format for
> PatternLayout that yields a Unix epoch nanosecond, so that I can more easily
> meet requirements of log processors that ask for Unix epoch nanos. An
> operative example is the [OpenTelemetry log
> format|https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/logs/data-model.md#field-timestamp]
> which asks for such.
> This predefined format could be called {{UNIX_NANOS}}, to fit with the
> existing {{UNIX_MILLIS}} from LOG4J2-1883. It also looks like the nanosecond
> component could be used directly from
> [Instant|https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/log4j-core/apidocs/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/time/Instant.html].
>
> Alternatively, a predefined named format to access an Instant in
> PatternLayout may also work, as one could extract the nano-of-second and
> append that to the {{UNIX}} epoch second.
> As a workaround, the following pattern seems to get close enough to a Unix
> epoch nanosecond. However, I find it a little messy to read, and I'm sure the
> performance could be improved with a dedicated format symbol:
> {noformat}
> %d{UNIX}%replace{%d{HH:mm:ss,nnnnnnnnn}}{^[0-9:]+,}{}{noformat}
> Apologies if there's a duplicate issue for this that I missed. Thank you for
> your consideration!
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