Add SYSLOG_FORMAT setting

docs/topics/logging.rst

@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ tree.  It sets up sensible defaults, but you can twiddle with these settings:
     default in ``log_settings.py``.  The complete list of formatting options is
     available at http://docs.python.org/library/logging.html#formatter.
 
+``SYSLOG_FORMAT``
+    This setting is the same as ``LOG_FORMAT`` except it controls the format for
+    what is sent to syslog.  By default, it's the same as ``LOG_FORMAT`` except
+    it strips the date/time prefix since syslogd is going to timestamp
+    everything anyway.
+
 
 Using Loggers
 -------------

log_settings.py

@@ -8,14 +8,16 @@ from django.conf import settings
 # configuration from the base z logger.
 log = logging.getLogger('z')
 
-fmt = '%(asctime)s %(name)s:%(levelname)s %(message)s :%(pathname)s:%(lineno)s'
-fmt = getattr(settings, 'LOG_FORMAT', fmt)
 level = settings.LOG_LEVEL
 
 if settings.DEBUG:
+    fmt = '%(asctime)s %(name)s:%(levelname)s %(message)s :%(pathname)s:%(lineno)s'
+    fmt = getattr(settings, 'LOG_FORMAT', fmt)
     handler = logging.StreamHandler()
     formatter = logging.Formatter(fmt, datefmt='%H:%M:%S')
 else:
+    fmt = '%(name)s:%(levelname)s %(message)s :%(pathname)s:%(lineno)s'
+    fmt = getattr(settings, 'SYSLOG_FORMAT', fmt)
     SysLogger = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler
     handler = SysLogger(facility=SysLogger.LOG_LOCAL7)
     formatter = logging.Formatter(fmt)