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How to write the extract the timestamp from my sample event in props.conf?

sreejith2k2
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How to write the extract the timestamp from the following event in props.conf?

Mar 3 15:16:10 servername user:info syslog.........

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somesoni2
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Add these to your props.conf

[yoursourcetype]
....other line breaking stuffs...
TIME_PREFIX = ^
TIME_FORMAT = %b %d %H:%M:%S
MAX_TIMESTAMP_LOOKAHEAD = 15

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somesoni2
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Add these to your props.conf

[yoursourcetype]
....other line breaking stuffs...
TIME_PREFIX = ^
TIME_FORMAT = %b %d %H:%M:%S
MAX_TIMESTAMP_LOOKAHEAD = 15
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