def get_event_log(self, clear=False):
        """Retrieve the log of events, optionally clearing

        The contents of the SEL are returned as an iterable.  Timestamps
        are given as local time, ISO 8601 (whether the target has an accurate
        clock or not).  Timestamps may be omitted for events that cannot be
        given a timestamp, leaving only the raw timecode to provide relative
        time information.  clear set to true will result in the log being
        cleared as it is returned.  This allows an atomic fetch and clear
        behavior so that no log entries will be lost between the fetch and
        clear actions.  There is no 'clear_event_log' function to encourage
        users to create code that is not at risk for losing events.

        :param clear:  Whether to remove the SEL entries from the target BMC
        """
        self.oem_init()
        return sel.EventHandler(self.init_sdr(), self).fetch_sel(self, clear)
Retrieve the log of events, optionally clearing

        The contents of the SEL are returned as an iterable.  Timestamps
        are given as local time, ISO 8601 (whether the target has an accurate
        clock or not).  Timestamps may be omitted for events that cannot be
        given a timestamp, leaving only the raw timecode to provide relative
        time information.  clear set to true will result in the log being
        cleared as it is returned.  This allows an atomic fetch and clear
        behavior so that no log entries will be lost between the fetch and
        clear actions.  There is no 'clear_event_log' function to encourage
        users to create code that is not at risk for losing events.

        :param clear:  Whether to remove the SEL entries from the target BMC