Add timestamp to task output #551
Description
Add an option that instructs Task to print a timestamp when a task is started. Something like:
[2020-04-08 10:53:53] task: [my-task] ...
Not sure if this option would be enabled with a flag or YAML item. The format of the timestamp could also be customized.
This was briefly mentioned in #398 (comment)
Reacted by Kit Dallege, Rick Bowen, Kasper Garnæs, Ponzmild, Alexey Palazhchenko, Josh Reichardt, Michal Chester Mrzyglod, Iwan Aucamp and Robin Platt
Reacted by Iwan Aucamp and Robin Platt
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ivotron commentedon Aug 12, 2021
the other alternative that occurs to me is to add a "report" at the end of the execution that shows a breakdown of how long each task took to run. I think that'd actually be more desirable in my case. The scenario we're having is that we run several tasks in parallel and it's hard to know how long each one is taking due to interleaved output and lack of proper timestamps from the software being invoked
RobinPlatt commentedon Sep 1, 2025
Big +1 for either of these feature ideas (timestamp or report of execution time).
Timestamp seems like the easier of the two as a starting point.
Any particular hold up on these or is it just looking for a community contributor to do it and put in a PR?
trulede commentedon Sep 5, 2025
I might implement something using slog (#2384) which would cover this use case.