Added command line option 'date-format' to control how dates are printed to console (not to log)

src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/ConsoleLogManager.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package net.minecraft.server;
 
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler;
 import java.util.logging.FileHandler;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
@@ -18,11 +19,11 @@ public class ConsoleLogManager {
     public ConsoleLogManager() {}
 
     // Craftbukkit - change of method signature!
-    public static void a(ConsoleReader reader) {
+    public static void a(MinecraftServer server) {
         ConsoleLogFormatter consolelogformatter = new ConsoleLogFormatter();
 
         a.setUseParentHandlers(false);
-        ConsoleHandler consolehandler = new TerminalConsoleHandler(reader);
+        ConsoleHandler consolehandler = new TerminalConsoleHandler(server.reader); // Craftbukkit
 
         // CraftBukkit start
         for (Handler handler: global.getHandlers()) {
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ public class ConsoleLogManager {
         }
         // CraftBukkit end
 
-        consolehandler.setFormatter(new ShortConsoleLogFormatter()); // Craftbukkit
+        consolehandler.setFormatter(new ShortConsoleLogFormatter(server)); // Craftbukkit
         a.addHandler(consolehandler);
         global.addHandler(consolehandler); // CraftBukkit
 

src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/MinecraftServer.java

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class MinecraftServer implements Runnable, ICommandListener {
 
         threadcommandreader.setDaemon(true);
         threadcommandreader.start();
-        ConsoleLogManager.a(reader); // Craftbukkit
+        ConsoleLogManager.a(this); // Craftbukkit
 
         // CraftBukkit start
         System.setOut(new PrintStream(new LoggerOutputStream(a, Level.INFO), true));

src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/Main.java

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ package org.bukkit.craftbukkit;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.text.Format;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
@@ -53,6 +56,11 @@ public class Main {
                         .withRequiredArg()
                         .ofType(Integer.class)
                         .describedAs("Server size");
+
+                acceptsAll(asList("d", "date-format"), "Format of the date to display in the console (for log entries)")
+                        .withRequiredArg()
+                        .ofType(SimpleDateFormat.class)
+                        .describedAs("Log date format");
             }
         };
 

src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/util/ShortConsoleLogFormatter.java

@@ -5,9 +5,35 @@ import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.logging.Formatter;
 import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
+import joptsimple.OptionException;
+import joptsimple.OptionSet;
+import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
 
 public class ShortConsoleLogFormatter extends Formatter {
-    private final SimpleDateFormat date = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");
+    private final SimpleDateFormat date;
+
+    public ShortConsoleLogFormatter(MinecraftServer server) {
+        OptionSet options = server.options;
+        SimpleDateFormat date = null;
+
+        if (options.has("date-format")) {
+            try {
+                Object object = options.valueOf("date-format");
+
+                if ((object != null) && (object instanceof SimpleDateFormat)) {
+                    date = (SimpleDateFormat)object;
+                }
+            } catch (OptionException ex) {
+                System.err.println("Given date format is not valid. Falling back to default.");
+            } finally {
+                if (date == null) {
+                    date = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.date = date;
+    }
 
     @Override
     public String format(LogRecord record) {