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Seeking help with TIME_FORMAT in props.conf.
I'm trying to get Splunk to recognize a time format in the form of "JAN 3 2016". Seems simple enough, but none of the strptime fields address the month field with all caps. For example if it was instead "Jan 3 2016" where only the "J" is capitalized I could use TIME_FORMAT = "%b %e %Y". But because the month is in the format of "JAN" the %b does not recognize the month. Recommendations on how to set TIME_FORMAT?
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Would you be able to give the complete date string for timestamp? Also few sample events?
For the following data strptime timestamp format %b %d %Y %H:%M:%S.%3N worked for me:
JAN 3 2016 20:17:13.000, my test data line 1
JAN 3 2016 20:17:14.000, my test data line 2
JAN 3 2016 20:17:15.000, my test data line 3
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strptime() is case-insensitive, so there might be something else at fault.
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Thank you!
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You're welcome, but we can help you get to the bottom of the problem!
Like niketnilay said, if we had a complete date string or a few sample events, we can track down what might really be going on.
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Would you be able to give the complete date string for timestamp? Also few sample events?
For the following data strptime timestamp format %b %d %Y %H:%M:%S.%3N worked for me:
JAN 3 2016 20:17:13.000, my test data line 1
JAN 3 2016 20:17:14.000, my test data line 2
JAN 3 2016 20:17:15.000, my test data line 3
| makeresults | eval message= "Happy Splunking!!!"
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@splk5000 I have converted my comment to answer since %d resolved the issue in this case.
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It seems that %b wasn't the variable causing the trouble; the discrepancy was using the %e instead of %d. When I used %d it properly extracted the date.
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