Fall back to observed timestamp in SystemOutLogRecordExporter

[thswlsqls]

Fixes #8942

Description

• SystemOutLogRecordExporter.formatLog() printed 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z for any log record emitted without setTimestamp(...), because it only read getTimestampEpochNanos(), which is 0 in that case.
• It now uses the observed timestamp when Timestamp is 0, following the logs data model guidance for single-timestamp formats: "Use Timestamp if it is present, otherwise use ObservedTimestamp." EventToSpanEventBridge (sdk-extensions/incubator) uses the same fallback.
• No field is added and the format is unchanged. Records that set a timestamp (including log4j/logback/JUL appender bridges) print as before.
• Spec: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/logs/data-model.md#field-observedtimestamp

Testing done

• Added SystemOutLogRecordExporterTest#formatWithoutTimestampUsesObservedTimestamp (timestamp unset, observed timestamp set). With the fix reverted it fails: expected 1970-08-07T10:00:00Z ... but was 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z ....
• Existing format() and formatWithEventName() set a timestamp and leave the observed timestamp at 0; they still pass, so Timestamp keeps priority.
• ./gradlew :exporters:logging:check passed (17 tests). No apidiff change: formatLog is package-private.

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