Re: Configer time

SplunkBaby · ‎03-19-2014

Hi

How can i configure sulunk to read timestamp from input files.
I have a set of log files which is of format log_MMDDYY.
I want splunk to read this MMDDYY time from file and populate this time in _time.
How can I achieve this.

Thanks

somesoni2 · ‎03-19-2014

See @gkanapathy comments.

http://answers.splunk.com/answers/3005/getting-event-timestamp-from-source-file-name

Configer time

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