write prints to console and log

write_errorlog_with_time_stamp.py

import time
errorLogFileName = 'logfile.log'

ferrlog = open(errorLogFileName,'w')

def write2ErrorLog(inputval):
    data = str(inputval)
    timeStamp = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d,%H:%M:%S')
    if data[0] == '\n':
        print '\n'+timeStamp+' : '+data[1:]+'\n'
        if ferrlog.closed == False:
            ferrlog.write('\n'+timeStamp+' : '+data[1:]+'\n')
    else:
        print timeStamp+' : '+data+'\n'
        if ferrlog.closed == False:
            ferrlog.write(timeStamp+' : '+data+'\n')
    if ferrlog.closed == False:
        ferrlog.flush()
        
write2ErrorLog("test")