topic Capture second timestamp that includes subseconds in Getting Data In

Capture second timestamp that includes subseconds

vlicoupons — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 16:22:04 GMT

Here's an example beginning of an event line

Oct 20 20:57:03 sfo-prd-wsux02 apache2: [Fri Oct 20 20:57:03.398765 2017] [proxy:error] [pid 32083:tid 140031679186688]

I'm trying to capture the second timestamp as "Fri Oct 20 20:57:03.398765 2017" that includes the subseconds

In props.conf I am putting:

[syslog_apache_error]
TIME_PREFIX = ^.*[
TIME_FORMAT = %a %b %d %H:%M:%S:.%6N %Y

However Splunk's timestamp is catching the decimals, please advise.
Thank you all

Re: Capture second timestamp that includes subseconds

DalJeanis — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 22:37:27 GMT

There is no colon after the seconds in your timestamp, but there is one in your TIME_FORMAT.

Try...

 TIME_FORMAT = %a %b %d %H:%M:%S.%6N %Y

Re: Capture second timestamp that includes subseconds

cpetterborg — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 13:54:08 GMT

Your TIME_PREFIX is also doing a greedy match, so it may be passing over the field you want, deciding it doesn't have a valid timestamp, and then defaulting to the first timestamp it sees. Use a lazy match like this:

TIME_PREFIX=^.*?\[

That will stop at the first square bracket instead of the last one.

Re: Capture second timestamp that includes subseconds

DalJeanis — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 18:19:57 GMT

@cpetterborg - good improvement. No sense overshooting and having to back up.

Re: Capture second timestamp that includes subseconds

vlicoupons — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 16:27:40 GMT

Ah nice catch I must've been hasty on the keyboard and added the extra semicolon after the seconds variable.

Re: Capture second timestamp that includes subseconds

DalJeanis — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:08:35 GMT

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