Proposal to change the behavior of the timestamp place holder (%t) in log file paths

[Kemper, William]

The timestamp place holder in a log filename currently expands to the startup time of the JVM. When the log is rotated, the filename containing this timestamp is suffixed with a file number. My colleagues had expected the placeholder to be evaluated when the current log file is rotated. They expected the name of each rotated file to indicate the time the file was created. I think this expectation is not unreasonable, so I wanted to discuss the possibility of changing how/when the timestamp placeholder is evaluated. If there is any appetite for a change like this, I am willing to do the work. I would prefer to sort out the details before coding anything, rather than discussing them in a surprise pull request.


Thank you for reading,

William
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