log4j with timestamp per log entry
A extract from my properties file
log4j.rootLogger=INFO, stdout, logfilelog4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppenderlog4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayoutlog4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %p (%t) [%c] - %m%nlog4j.appender.logfile=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppenderlog4j.appender.logfile.File=C:/log/client.loglog4j.appender.logfile.MaxFileSize=5MBlog4j.appender.logfile.MaxBackupIndex=0log4j.appender.logfile.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayoutlog4j.appender.logfile.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %p [%c] - %m%n
You can find more conversion characters usage in log4j javadoc.For example, at http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/apidocs/org/apache/log4j/PatternLayout.html.