Before the first time you log anything do this:
logging.basicConfig(
format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s",
level=logging.INFO,
datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
Example on the REPL:
>>> import logging
>>> logging.basicConfig(
... format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s",
... level=logging.INFO,
... datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
>>>
>>> logging.info('an info messge')
2017-05-25 00:58:28 INFO an info messge
>>> logging.debug('a debug messag is not shown')
>>>