Console and logfile differences

[Walter Vaughan]

David Shere asked a few days ago about "why the difference between what the 
console displayed log file and the log file stored on disk". His question 
relates that one has a time stamp (the console) and one does not (disk file).

Does anyone have a pointer to look at where the defintions for those items are, 
and can they be made to match?

Thanks

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Walter