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Add timestamp information to the JavaScript console
/**
* Patch the console methods in order to provide timestamp information
*
* Usage:
* > console.log('ok')
* 2012-09-06T11:52:56.769Z ok true
*
* Note:
* The patch will only be applied with the first call.
*
* Tested with V8 (Google Chrome & NodeJS)
*/
(function(o){
if(o.__ts__){return;}
var slice = Array.prototype.slice;
['log', 'debug', 'info', 'warn', 'error'].forEach(function(f){
var _= o[f];
o[f] = function(){
var args = slice.call(arguments);
args.unshift(new Date().toISOString());
return _.apply(o, args);
};
});
o.__ts__ = true;
})(console);
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deitch commented Dec 27, 2012

Brilliant! And I was going to say to put it in npm.

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deitch commented Dec 27, 2012

FYI, I had an issue with tests failing intermittently, was async timing issue, so step-through debugger really won't help, lots of console.log() in lots of places, but hard to see where the timing issue was. This just clarified everything.

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ialphan commented Feb 15, 2013

This is very helpful, thanks!

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