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Dates is a minimal static utility class in chromologger.utils.dates. It provides a single method, now_date(), which returns the current timestamp used in every log entry written by Logger.

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Import

from chromologger.utils.dates import Dates
Dates is an internal utility. The Logger class handles timestamp formatting automatically — you do not need to call Dates.now_date() directly in normal usage.

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Methods

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now_date()

Dates.now_date() -> datetime
Returns datetime.now() — the current local date and time with microsecond precision. Called internally by Logger.__write() to stamp each log entry at the exact moment it is written. The same method is also used by Logger.__log() when recording entries to the module’s internal error log.
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return
datetime
A datetime object representing the current local time, including microseconds. Equivalent to calling datetime.datetime.now() from the standard library directly.
Example 
from chromologger.utils.dates import Dates

ts = Dates.now_date()
print(ts)  # e.g. 2025-01-06 19:52:08.636560
The datetime object is embedded in log entries using Python’s default str(datetime) representation: 
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.microseconds
Which produces timestamps like: 
2025-01-06 19:52:08.636560
These timestamps appear in both log entry formats produced by Logger: 
[INFO][2025-01-06 19:52:08.636560] - message
[ERROR][2025-01-06 19:52:08.636560] - Exception: ExceptionType - File: /path/to/file.py - ErrorLine: 35 - Message: error details
Because now_date() uses datetime.now() (local time, no timezone info), log timestamps reflect the system clock of the machine running your application. If you need timezone-aware timestamps, consider post-processing the log file or subclassing Logger to override __write().

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