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How to configure props.conf to index a log with two or three timestamps?

dovelsh12223621
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In myy log, there are two timestamp formats like this:

logname=test. msg=[007574][20150602 111413] aaa
logname=test. msg=[00022526][111400:808] bbbbbb

A) [20150602 111413] means At 11:14:13 on June 2nd, 2015
B) [111400:808] means 11:14:00 808 milliseconds
How do I configure the props.conf file to get these two timestamps simultaneously? Sometimes my log is indexed with timestamp A and sometimes timestamp B.

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woodcock
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stephane_cyrill
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dovelsh12223621
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Thanks for your help .However,I donot know how to use TIME_FORMAT ,which log has two timestamps.
I have done like this:
TIME_FORMAT=(%y%m%d %H%M%S) | (%H%M%S:%3N )
But,the TIME_FORMAT has no use in any one.

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stephane_cyrill
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I think ,to have the two timestamps, we need only to set the TIME_FORMAT to the format of 11:14:00 808 milliseconds
.By doing so the other timestamp will be set by default to the same format.

SO try this TIME_FORMAT= %y%m%d %H%M%S%3Q
where 3Q is for milliseconds.

AND do not forget to specify TIME_PREFIX . your stanza in props.conf will look like this for example:

[source::]
TIME_PREFIX = ][
TIME_FORMAT = %y%m%d %H%M%S%3Q

TIME_FORMAT starts reading after the TIME_PREFIX (or directly at the start of the event, if there's no TIME_PREFIX attribute).

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