lame logger timestamp question

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So in rails 2.1 the standard method for overriding log file format has changed? no longer can i class Logger   def format_message(severity, timestamp, progname, msg)     "#{timestamp} #{severity} #{msg}\n"   end end

instead from this site http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoConfigureLogging i am recommended to use... class Logger   def format_message(severity, timestamp, progname, msg)     if <a href="mailto:!@formatter.nil">!@formatter.nil</a>?       @formatter.call(severity, timestamp, progname, msg)     else       @default_formatter.call(severity, timestamp, progname, msg)     end   end end

class RailsFormatter < Logger::Formatter   def call(severity, timestamp, progname, msg)     "#{msg}\n"   end end

RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER.formatter = RailsFormatter.new

but that just throws up a syntax error on the if statement and then the last line.

All i really need is time stamps in rails 2.1, and there seems to be some conflict about the best method to do that, any suggestions?