Log file cleanup + improvements

-Don't show queue timeout as error
-Show UTC time and current timezone on pypo startup

python_apps/pypo/pypocli.py

@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 Python part of radio playout (pypo)
 """
 
-import time
 from optparse import OptionParser
+from datetime import datetime
+
+import time
 import sys
 import signal
 import logging
@@ -124,6 +126,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     logger.info('#   Liquidsoap Scheduled Playout System   #')
     logger.info('###########################################')
 
+    #Although all of our calculations are in UTC, it is useful to know what timezone
+    #the local machine is, so that we have a reference for what time the actual
+    #log entries were made
+    logger.info("Timezone: %s" % time.tzname)
+    logger.info("UTC time: %s" % datetime.utcnow())
+
     signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, keyboardInterruptHandler)
 
     # initialize

python_apps/pypo/pypofetch.py

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import telnetlib
 import copy
 from threading import Thread
 
+from Queue import Empty
+
 from api_clients import api_client
 from std_err_override import LogWriter
 
@@ -493,6 +495,8 @@ class PypoFetch(Thread):
 
                 message = self.fetch_queue.get(block=True, timeout=self.listener_timeout)
                 self.handle_message(message)
+            except Empty, e:
+                self.logger.info("Queue timeout. Fetching schedule manually")
             except Exception, e:
                 import traceback
                 top = traceback.format_exc()