'Return the current time formatted for logging.'

def log_date_time_string(self):

    now = time.time()
    (year, month, day, hh, mm, ss, x, y, z) = time.localtime(now)
    s = ('%02d/%3s/%04d    %02d:%02d:%02d' % (day, self.monthname[month], year, hh, mm, ss))
    return s
