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How to use TIME_PREFIX to extract Timestamp for the JSON logs?

kiran331
Builder

How to Extract the timestamp (Date: in below screenshot) which is in UTC format and convert to CST format? current timestamp is indexing timestamp.

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sravankaripe
Communicator

[ _json ]
BREAK_ONLY_BEFORE={"preview"
pulldown_type=true
TIME_PREFIX=\s\\"date\\":\s+\\"

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sravankaripe
Communicator

Try this or above stanza

[ _json ]
BREAK_ONLY_BEFORE={"preview"
TIME_PREFIX=\s\\"date\\":\s+\\"
TIME_FORMAT=%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S+%N:%N
TRUNCATE=9999999

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davpx
Communicator

TIME_PREFIX = timestamp:\s+
TIME_FORMAT = %s

in props.conf

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kiran331
Builder

I tried it din't work.

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splunker12er
Motivator
yoursearch| eval CST_time=_time-21600| convert ctime(CST_time)|table CST_time , _time

yoursearch| eval CST_time=now()-21600| convert ctime(CST_time)|table CST_time , _time

Central Standard Time (CST) is 6 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
where your _time is UTC

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kiran331
Builder

Is there a way to do it at indexing time?

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