Adding timestamps to all console messages

Question

I have a complete, deployed, Express-based project, with many console.log() and console.error() statements throughout. The project runs using forever, directing the st

Answer 1

This implementation is simple, supports original functionality of console.log (passing a single object, and variable substitution), doesn't use external modules and prints everything in a single call to console.log:

var origlog = console.log;

console.log = function( obj, ...placeholders ){
    if ( typeof obj === 'string' )
        placeholders.unshift( Date.now() + " " + obj );
    else
    {
        // This handles console.log( object )
        placeholders.unshift( obj );
        placeholders.unshift( Date.now() + " %j" );
    }

    origlog.apply( this, placeholders );
};