Is there a quick way of getting Chrome to output timestamps in console.log
writes (like Firefox does)?
Or is prepending new Date().getTime()
the only option?
In Chrome, there is the option in Console Settings (Either press F1 or select Developer Tools -> Console -> Settings [upper-right corner] ) named "Show timestamps" which is exactly what I needed.
I've just found it. No other dirty hacks needed that destroys placeholders and erases place in the code where the messages was logged from.
The "Show timestamps" setting has been moved to the Preferences pane of the "DevTools settings", found in the upper-right corner of the DevTools drawer: