# Getting timestamps in the console logging?!?

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/getting-timestamps-in-the-console-logging/2018
**Category:** Discussion
**Created:** [July 24, 2012, 12:36pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/getting-timestamps-in-the-console-logging/2018 "2012-07-24T12:36:17Z")
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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2012, 12:36pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/getting-timestamps-in-the-console-logging/2018/1 "2012-07-24T12:36:17Z")

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I already [asked](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/finalbuilder/wish-list/timestamps-for-command-line-logging-please/) for proper timestamping support of the console logging. (I think this would really be great, as then you have a continuous logging stream that persists the timestamps even if FB is aborted without exporting an html log.)

&nbsp;ANyways, FB(7) currently can't do this out of the box.

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**Does anyone have a good idea how to get timestamps into the console logging without needing to brute force** add logging actions? (Yeah, I could add the same time-log-line to "each" BeforeAction and AfterAction event, but that doesn't feel right and is a maintenance nightmare.)

Any ideas?

&nbsp;cheers!

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### Author: ![Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/vincent/32/938_2.png) [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/getting-timestamps-in-the-console-logging/2018/2 "2012-07-24T02:54:43Z")

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Hi Martin   
  
 It’s on the todo list for FinalBuuilder 8. Were in the process of reworking the logging, as it’s currently the slowest part of finalbuilder. Currently the lid is off and the wires are hanging out… looking at ways to improve things, including making it possible to customers to implement custom loggers.

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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2012, 8:47am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/getting-timestamps-in-the-console-logging/2018/3 "2012-07-25T08:47:02Z")

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Vince - thanks for the quick feedback! (as always 🙂   
  
 If any other user reads this and has a nifty idea, feel free to follow up, please 🙂