title: log4j properties DailyRollingFileAppender does not work
body: <p>I want daily logs with the log file appended with the date in yyyy-dd-mm format. When I use DailyRollingFileAppender, a new log file is not created. The logs are written to the same log file. Also, the date Pattern provided is not considered. The log file created is LoggerFile.log. And every content(even on the next day) is written to this file. </p>
  
  <p>I am using the log4j-1.2.17 jar. I am developing in Netbeans 7.3.1 in Java. </p>
  
  <p>Is there anyone using this JAR and facing such a problem. Please help!</p>
  
  <p>Here is the content of the properties file I use:</p>
  
  <pre><code># Root logger option
  log4j.rootLogger=ERROR,FILE,stdout
  
  # Define the file appender
  log4j.appender.FILE=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
  
  log4j.appender.FILE.File=.//..//logs//LoggerFile.log
  
  # Define the layout for file appender
  log4j.appender.FILE.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd
  log4j.appender.FILE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
  log4j.appender.FILE.layout.conversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS zzz} %5p     %c{1}:%L - %m%n
  
  log4j.appender.FILE.MaxFileSize=10MB
  
  
  # Direct log messages to stdout
  log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
  log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out
  log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
  log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L -  %m%n`
  </code></pre>