Display log timestamp in a different timezone

[iprastha]

By default, laravel logs everything in UTC, which is best practice. However, is there anyway we could view the log entries under a different timezone? this is specifically to convert the time shown in the "Time" column of the log tables.

[arukompas]

Hey @iprastha , it already uses your app's default time zone.

Check the timezone option in your config/app.php configuration file. On a new Laravel project it's set to UTC.

[davidsalazar]

It's bad practice to set your project's timezone to anything other than UTC. Most apps put the timezone in the users table and format everything based on that timezone id. So what @iprastha asked for is valid. I also can't stand looking at my logs in UTC lol.

[iprastha]

@davidsalazar , that's on point.
An idea would be like to have an config option for log-viewer (example: "display_timezone"), then uses that setting in the view to convert stored timestamp from laravel timezone setting to log-viewer's "display_timezone" setting.
Would like to know if this implementation is possible without causing issues on performance

[arukompas]

Valid points, thanks for sharing! I'll have a look at it tomorrow, should be a quick implementation.

[arukompas]

Hey @davidsalazar @iprastha - I've tagged a new release, v2.4.0 with the ability to set a time zone for the Log Viewer specifically.

Just add this to your config/log-viewer.php and set it to one of the PHP supported time zones:

    'timezone' => '<name-of-supported-timezone>',

[davidsalazar]

Thanks I’ll try it out tomorrow.

[iprastha]

Thanks @arukompas , i've tested it and it works as expected.
Steps:

1. Update package in composer

composer update "opcodesio/log-viewer"

2. backup my config/log-viewer.php to config/log-viewer-backup.php
3. Re-publish config file

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="log-viewer-config"

4. Compare and update config/log-viewer as required
5. Set 'timezone' in log-viewer config to other than null, example: 'Asia/Jakarta'
6. Refresh the log-viewer url in the browser and see the timestamp updated as expected