The general configuration is time rolling log
<appender name="logAppender" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
<file>${LOG_PATH}/log.log</file>
<rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
<fileNamePattern>${LOG_PATH}/log_%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log</fileNamePattern>
</rollingPolicy>
<encoder>
<charset>UTF-8</charset>
<pattern>%msg%n</pattern>
</encoder>
</appender>
If you want to generate real-time log file time-stamped, but not in order to generate the next day, then just leave out <file> tag on it
<appender name="logAppender" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender"> <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy"> <fileNamePattern>${LOG_PATH}/log_%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log</fileNamePattern> </rollingPolicy> <encoder> <charset>UTF-8</charset> <pattern>%msg%n</pattern> </encoder> </appender>