Merge branch 'TMSS-3182' into 'master'

TMSS-3182

Closes TMSS-3182

See merge request !13

tmss_pycommon/util.py

@@ -299,3 +299,10 @@ def without_keys(org_dict: dict, keys: typing.Collection) -> dict:
 def noop():
     '''classic noop (no-operation) function that does nothing.'''
     pass
+
+
+def configure_logging_and_timezone(debug_log_level: bool=False):
+    '''common method to have the same logging and timezone'''
+    # make sure we run in UTC timezone
+    os.environ['TZ'] = 'UTC'
+    logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s', level=logging.DEBUG if debug_log_level else logging.INFO)