Lame logger timestamp question

Rails
1

So in rails 2.1 the standard method for overriding log file format has
changed? no longer can i
class Logger
def format_message(severity, timestamp, progname, msg)
“#{timestamp} #{severity} #{msg}\n”
end
end

instead from this site
http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoConfigureLogging
i am recommended to use…
class Logger
def format_message(severity, timestamp, progname, msg)
if [email protected]?
@formatter.call(severity, timestamp, progname, msg)
else
@default_formatter.call(severity, timestamp, progname, msg)
end
end
end

class RailsFormatter < Logger::Formatter
def call(severity, timestamp, progname, msg)
“#{msg}\n”
end
end

RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER.formatter = RailsFormatter.new

but that just throws up a syntax error on the if statement and then
the last line.

All i really need is time stamps in rails 2.1, and there seems to be
some conflict about the best method to do that, any suggestions?