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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Copyright 2020 Graham Norbury
+# 
+# This file is part of OP25
+# 
+# OP25 is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+# 
+# OP25 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public
+# License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with OP25; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
+# Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Boston, MA
+# 02110-1301, USA.
+
+# Modify TS_FORMAT to control logger timestamp format
+# 0 = legacy epoch seconds
+# 1 = formatted mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss.usec
+TS_FORMAT = 1
+
+import time
+class log_ts(object):
+    @staticmethod
+    def get(supplied_ts=None):
+        if supplied_ts is None:
+            ts = time.time()
+        else:
+            ts = supplied_ts
+
+        if TS_FORMAT == 0:
+            formatted_ts = "{:.6f}".format(ts)
+        else:
+            formatted_ts = "{:s}{:s}".format(time.strftime("%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S",time.localtime(ts)),"{:.6f}".format(ts - int(ts)).lstrip("0"))
+
+        return formatted_ts
+