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---
name: async-logger-with-timestamp
group: api
category: async
update-time: 20260512
description: Enable or disable automatic timestamp capture for records emitted by an async logger.
key-word:
- async
- logger
- timestamp
- public
---
## Async-logger-with-timestamp
Enable or disable automatic timestamp capture on async log emission. This API controls whether `AsyncLogger::log(...)` records the current time before enqueue or leaves the timestamp at `0UL`.
### Interface
```moonbit
pub fn[S] AsyncLogger::with_timestamp(self : AsyncLogger[S], enabled~ : Bool = true) -> AsyncLogger[S] {}
```
#### input
- `self : AsyncLogger[S]` - Base async logger whose timestamp behavior should change.
- `enabled : Bool` - Whether emitted records should capture current time automatically.
#### output
- `AsyncLogger[S]` - A new async logger value with updated timestamp behavior.
### Explanation
Detailed rules explaining key parameters and behaviors
- When enabled, `log(...)` captures `@env.now()` before placing the record into the queue.
- When disabled, emitted records use `0UL` as the timestamp value.
- This setting affects later emitted records only.
- The returned logger is derived from `self`; the original async logger value is not mutated.
- Only the stored `timestamp` flag changes. Target, minimum level, queue configuration, and lifecycle/failure state stay on the same `AsyncLogger[S]` surface.
- In the current direct async coverage, a derived timestamp-enabled logger records non-zero timestamps while the original logger continues emitting `0UL` timestamps when it was left disabled.
### How to Use
Here are some specific examples provided.
#### When Need Real Event Time Before Queueing
When downstream formatting or JSON output should include event time:
```moonbit
let logger = async_logger(console_sink())
.with_timestamp()
```
In this example, each record captures its timestamp before entering the async queue.
And the returned async logger still keeps the same queue-facing API surface as the source logger.
#### When Need Deterministic Async Records
When timestamps should be disabled for tests or reduced output:
```moonbit
let logger = async_logger(console_sink())
.with_timestamp(enabled=false)
```
In this example, queued records are emitted without runtime time capture.
### Error Case
e.g.:
- If timestamps are disabled, formatters that expect meaningful time values may show empty or zero-like timestamp output.
- If callers need timestamps only for one record, a separate logger value is usually clearer than toggling behavior repeatedly.
### Notes
1. This API controls record creation before enqueue, not formatter display policy.
2. It is useful for tests, deterministic snapshots, and production timing.
3. State helpers such as `pending_count()`, `dropped_count()`, `is_closed()`, and `has_failed()` remain available on the returned logger because the visible async logger surface is preserved.
4. Use a derived logger value when only one branch should capture timestamps and the base logger should remain deterministic.