On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Reindl Harald h.reindl@thelounge.net wrote:
When some package will break because someone adjusted format of timestamps, the bug is in that package and not in the rsyslog's format
there is a world outside packages called user scripts
That is true. But here there is simple way to revert back to original format if wished or change that regexp or strptime/strftime format used in the user script.
I am aware that any change is likely to broke someone's workflow: https://xkcd.com/1172/
However there is real possibility of loss of data in current situation (due to missing TZ and year) and I experience more difficult operations due to this in my job (testing of infrastructure scattered around the globe).
R.