import logging logging.basicConfig( ## set logging level # level=logging.INFO, level=logging.DEBUG, format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(message)s', datefmt='%H:%M:%S' ) # silence some debug messages logging.getLogger('matplotlib.font_manager').setLevel(logging.WARNING) logging.getLogger('matplotlib.ticker').setLevel(logging.WARNING) logging.getLogger('matplotlib.pyplot').setLevel(logging.WARNING)