DTrace %Y print format with nanoseconds

Small but useful extension to DTrace is now available in Solaris 11.4.SRU6. It allows to easily print current date with an optional nanosecond resolution. It is disabled by default for backward compatibility.

To enable it you need to add timedecimals option to dtrace:


# dtrace -q -x timedecimals -n syscall::open*:entry \
    '{printf("%Y %s called %s()\n", walltimestamp, execname, probefunc);}'
2019 Mar  1 11:50:48.774114445 firefox called openat64()
2019 Mar  1 11:50:49.149290513 dtrace called openat()
2019 Mar  1 11:50:49.149283375 dtrace called openat()
2019 Mar  1 11:50:50.030217373 firefox called openat64()
2019 Mar  1 11:50:49.974253263 firefox called openat64()
2019 Mar  1 11:50:50.114684381 VBoxService called openat()
^C

You can also specify number of decimal places to be printed, fox example:

# dtrace -q -x timedecimals=2 -n syscall::open*:entry \
    '{printf("%Y %s called %s()\n", walltimestamp, execname, probefunc);}'
2019 Mar  1 11:56:51.09 VBoxService called openat()
2019 Mar  1 11:56:51.09 VBoxService called openat()
2019 Mar  1 11:56:51.45 dtrace called openat()
^C