old_contents: #!/usr/bin/python3
  import logging, time
  
  class LogFormatter(logging.Formatter):
  	def __init__(self, docolor, timestamps=False):
  		super().__init__()
  		self.docolor = docolor
  		self.timestamps = timestamps
  
  	def formatMessage(self, record):
  		if self.docolor:
  			c_lvl = 33
  			c_mod = 32
  			c_msg = 0
  
  			if record.levelno == logging.WARNING:
  				c_lvl = 31
  				#c_mod = 33
  				c_msg = 33
  
  			elif record.levelno > logging.WARNING:
  				c_lvl = 31
  				c_mod = 31
  				c_msg = 31
  			if self.timestamps:
  				fmt = '%(asctime)s \x1b['+str(c_lvl)+'m%(levelname)8s\x1b[0m \x1b['+str(c_mod)+'m%(name)s\x1b['+str(c_msg)+'m: %(message)s\x1b[0m'
  			else:
  				fmt = '\x1b['+str(c_lvl)+'m%(levelname)8s\x1b[0m \x1b['+str(c_mod)+'m%(name)s\x1b['+str(c_msg)+'m: %(message)s\x1b[0m'
  		else:
  			if self.timestamps:
  				fmt = '%(asctime)s %(levelname)8s %(name)s: %(message)s'
  			else:
  				fmt = '%(levelname)8s %(name)s: %(message)s'
  
  		if not 'asctime' in record.__dict__:
  			record.__dict__['asctime']=time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",time.localtime(record.__dict__['created']))
  		return fmt % record.__dict__
  
  
  class LogHandler(logging.StreamHandler):
  	def __init__(self, docolor, timestamps):
  		super().__init__()
  		self.setFormatter(LogFormatter(docolor,timestamps))
  
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/python3
  import logging, time
  
  class LogFormatter(logging.Formatter):
  	def __init__(self, docolor, timestamps=False):
  		super().__init__()
  		self.docolor = docolor
  		self.timestamps = timestamps
  
  	def formatMessage(self, record):
  		if self.docolor:
  			c_lvl = 33
  			c_mod = 32
  			c_msg = 0
  
  			if record.levelno == logging.WARNING:
  				c_lvl = 31
  				#c_mod = 33
  				c_msg = 33
  
  			elif record.levelno > logging.WARNING:
  				c_lvl = 31
  				c_mod = 31
  				c_msg = 31
  
  			fmt = '\x1b['+str(c_lvl)+'m%(levelname)8s\x1b[0m \x1b['+str(c_mod)+'m%(name)s\x1b['+str(c_msg)+'m: %(message)s\x1b[0m'
  		else:
  			fmt = '%(levelname)8s %(name)s: %(message)s'
  
  		if self.timestamps:
  			fmt = '%(asctime)s '+fmt
  
  		if not 'asctime' in record.__dict__:
  			record.__dict__['asctime']=time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",time.localtime(record.__dict__['created']))
  
  		return fmt % record.__dict__
  
  
  class LogHandler(logging.StreamHandler):
  	def __init__(self, docolor, timestamps):
  		super().__init__()
  		self.setFormatter(LogFormatter(docolor,timestamps))
  
subject: reduce number of if/else cases