import logging

logging.basicConfig(
    ## set logging level
    level = logging.DEBUG,
    # level = logging.INFO,
    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)
logging.getLogger('matplotlib.colorbar').setLevel(logging.WARNING)