https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-convert-now-into-strptime/m-p/485051#M135765 <P>Assuming you want to convert <CODE>now()</CODE> into text, you want <CODE>strftime</CODE>.</P> <PRE><CODE>... | eval nowText = strftime(now(), "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Z") </CODE></PRE> Mon, 02 Mar 2020 20:58:16 GMT richgalloway 2020-03-02T20:58:16Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-convert-now-into-strptime/m-p/485050#M135764 <P>Does anyone knows how to do this? Im having a trouble with this convertion.</P> <P>Thanks in advance</P> Mon, 02 Mar 2020 20:18:03 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-convert-now-into-strptime/m-p/485050#M135764 franciscof 2020-03-02T20:18:03Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-convert-now-into-strptime/m-p/485051#M135765 <P>Assuming you want to convert <CODE>now()</CODE> into text, you want <CODE>strftime</CODE>.</P> <PRE><CODE>... | eval nowText = strftime(now(), "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Z") </CODE></PRE> Mon, 02 Mar 2020 20:58:16 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-convert-now-into-strptime/m-p/485051#M135765 richgalloway 2020-03-02T20:58:16Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-convert-now-into-strptime/m-p/485052#M135766 <PRE><CODE>| convert ctime(now()) </CODE></PRE> Mon, 02 Mar 2020 21:36:16 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-convert-now-into-strptime/m-p/485052#M135766 to4kawa 2020-03-02T21:36:16Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-convert-now-into-strptime/m-p/485053#M135767 <P>Like this:</P> <PRE><CODE>... | eval now = now() | fieldformat now = strftime(now, "%c") </CODE></PRE> Tue, 03 Mar 2020 08:42:11 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-convert-now-into-strptime/m-p/485053#M135767 woodcock 2020-03-03T08:42:11Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-convert-now-into-strptime/m-p/485054#M135768 <P>Thank you! That worked a treat</P> Wed, 04 Mar 2020 13:56:19 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-convert-now-into-strptime/m-p/485054#M135768 franciscof 2020-03-04T13:56:19Z