timestamp in json output

[antreos]

hi,

any chance to get a timestamp in the json log output?

[askat86]

i did this for my own tracking purpose and here is the code:

#include <ctime>

std::time_t result = std::time(nullptr);
char * time = std::asctime(std::localtime(&result));
time[strlen(time)-1] = '\0'; // get rid of new line added in asctime
if (programOptions.output_type == OutputType::text) {
    std::cout << "TIME=" << time << std::endl;
} else if (programOptions.output_type == OutputType::json) {
    std::cout << "\"time\":\"" << time << "\",";
}

feel free to use it, if it is good enough for you :)