How to get Log4perl rotating my logs daily?

I'm reading up on Log4perl and want to try and use it for simple log management of my Perl scripts running on a Linux box. I've also read up on newsyslog and logrotate but want to use Log4perl if at all possible.

I'm trying to configure the /etc/log4perl.conf file so that it:

Defines a widget logger (INFO level) that will write all output to /opt/myapp/logs/myapp-<datetime>.log, where <datetime> is a date/time formatted string like 2012-12-20
This myapp-<datetime>.log file needs to be rotated daily (preferably at midnight), where the old file is deleted, and a new file is created with <datetime> + 1. For instance, myapp-2012-12-20.log would be replaced with myapp-2012-12-21.log, etc.

Here's my best attempt which I believe is close, but is still missing some configuration:

#####/etc/log4perl.conf############################################################
log4perl.logger.widget                      = INFO, MyAppLogAppender

log4perl.appender.MyAppLogAppender          = Log::Log4perl::Appender::File
log4perl.appender.MyAppLogAppender.filename = /opt/myapp/logs/myapp-???.log
log4perl.appender.MyAppLogAppender.layout   = Log::Log4perl::Layout::SimpleLayout
###################################################################################

How do I configure log4perl.appender.MyAppLogAppender to rotate once a day, delete the old file, and create a new one with a correct timestamp? Thanks in advance.

Solution

Here's an example of a Log::Log4perl configuration file, defining a daily rollover at midnight (date pattern yyyy-MM-dd), keeping a maximum of 5 saved logfiles around, at WARN level, and dumping everything to screen:

log4perl.logger                         = TRACE, Screen, Logfile

log4perl.appender.Logfile               = Log::Dispatch::FileRotate
log4perl.appender.Logfile.Threshold     = WARN
log4perl.appender.Logfile.filename      = test.log
log4perl.appender.Logfile.max           = 5
log4perl.appender.Logfile.DatePattern   = yyyy-MM-dd
log4perl.appender.Logfile.TZ            = PST
log4perl.appender.Logfile.layout        = Log::Log4perl::Layout::PatternLayout 
log4perl.appender.Logfile.layout.ConversionPattern = %d %m %n

log4perl.appender.Screen                = Log::Log4perl::Appender::Screen
log4perl.appender.Screen.stderr         = 0
log4perl.appender.Screen.utf8           = 1
log4perl.appender.Screen.layout         = Log::Log4perl::Layout::PatternLayout::Multiline
log4perl.appender.Screen.layout.ConversionPattern = [%p] %m %n

(reference: https://metacpan.org/module/Log::Log4perl::FAQ#How-can-I-roll-over-my-logfiles-automatically-at-midnight-)