[LOG4J2-3038] RollingFileAppender ignores TimeZone-Pattern

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 2.14.0
• Component/s: Appenders
• Assignee: Carter Kozak
• Reporter: D. Kahlert
• Created: 10/Mar/21 10:37
• Updated: 14/Jul/22 23:13
• Resolved: 14/Jul/22 23:13

Description

Configuration

<RollingFile name="RollingFile" filePattern="log-%d{yyyy-MM-dd-HHZ}.log.gz">
<PatternLayout>
<Pattern>%d %-5p [%t] %C{2} (%F:%L) - %m%n</Pattern>
</PatternLayout>
<Policies>
<CronTriggeringPolicy schedule="0 0 * * * ?"/>
</Policies>
</RollingFile>

Result

2021-03-10 11:00:00,088 ... DEBUG Setting prev file time to 2021-03-10T10:00:00.000+0100
2021-03-10 11:00:00,088 ... DEBUG Rolling log-2021-03-10-10+0100.log
2021-03-10 11:00:00,088 ... DEBUG Formatting file name. useCurrentTime=false. currentFileTime=1615366800000, prevFileTime=1615366800000
2021-03-10 11:00:00,088 ... DEBUG Found 0 eligible files, max is 2147483647
2021-03-10 11:00:00,111 ... DEBUG OutputStream closed
2021-03-10 11:00:00,111 ... DEBUG RollingFileManager executing async GzCompressAction[log-2021-03-10-10+0100.log to Logs/opc-xml-da2-2021-03-10-10+0100.log.gz, deleteSource=true]
2021-03-10 11:00:00,196 ... DEBUG Formatting file name. useCurrentTime=false. currentFileTime=1615366800000, prevFileTime=1615366800000
2021-03-10 11:00:00,196 ... DEBUG Formatting file name. useCurrentTime=true. currentFileTime=1615366800000, prevFileTime=1615366800000
2021-03-10 11:00:00,196 ... DEBUG Now writing to log-2021-03-10-10+0100.log at 2021-03-10T11:00:00.196+0100
2021-03-10 11:00:00,199 ... DEBUG Log4j2 ConfigurationScheduler Cron expression 0 0 * * * ? scheduled to fire again at 2021-03-10T12:00:00.000+0100

 

Local time is GMT+1 (Berlin), at program start log4j calculates the correct filename, but at rollup, it works with the local time zone and ignores the time zone pattern from the configuration.

Issue Links

• duplicates: LOG4J2-1631 RollingFile appender does not rollover file as per TimeZone specified
• fixes: LOG4J2-3039 RollingFileAppender ignores TimeZone-Pattern