Getting Data In

More time formatting troubles time_format

onlineops
Explorer

On the indexer, I have the following property config:
[host::newdatamine]
TIME_PREFIX = ^[INFO|ERROR|WARN]\s+[
TIME_FORMAT = %y.%m.%d\s+%H:%M:%S
BREAK_ONLY_BEFORE = [INFO|ERROR|WARN]

example logfile:
[INFO] [12.02.27 17:00:24] [mysp_Process_DataAffiliateAutoXML] Refresh data from lmAffiliateAttemptLog
[INFO] [12.02.27 17:00:42] [mysp_Process_DataAffiliateAutoXML] Processing data for 2012-02-26

Splunk now breaks the lines correctly and picks up the correct date. It does not pick up the correct time:

Splunk output:

1 2/29/12
12:02:29.000 PM

[INFO] [12.02.29 19:00:43] [mysp_Process_DataAffiliateAutoXML] Refresh data from lmAffiliateAttemptLog

* host=NEWDATAMINE   Options|  
* sourcetype=newdatamine-too_small   Options|  
* source=C:\DataWarehouse_Report\Splunk\newdatamine.log   Options

2 2/29/12
12:02:29.000 PM

[INFO] [12.02.29 15:21:28] [mysp_Process_DataAffiliateAutoXML] Processing data for 2012-02-28

* host=NEWDATAMINE   Options|  
* sourcetype=newdatamine-too_small   Options|  
* source=C:\DataWarehouse_Report\Splunk\newdatamine.log   Options
Tags (1)
0 Karma

onlineops
Explorer

It looks like my mistake was thinking that TIME_FORMAT would do rex (regular expressions). Per docs, it doesn't look like it can... Resolved via the following:

[host::newdatamine]
TIME_PREFIX = ^[[A-Z]+]\s[
TIME_FORMAT = %y.%m.%d %H:%M:%S
BREAK_ONLY_BEFORE = [INFO|ERROR|WARN]

0 Karma
Got questions? Get answers!

Join the Splunk Community Slack to learn, troubleshoot, and make connections with fellow Splunk practitioners in real time!

Meet up IRL or virtually!

Join Splunk User Groups to connect and learn in-person by region or remotely by topic or industry.

Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Laser Bananas and Edge Hubs: Exploring Operational Technology (OT) Data Through a ...

  OT is a different environment to traditional IT and can have interesting challenges when interfacing the ...

Event Series: Mastering AI Tokenomics and Splunk Agent Observability

Beyond the Black Box: Correlating AI Performance and Tokenomics with Splunk Agent Observability   As ...

span_metrics: The OpenTelemetry-Idiomatic Way to See Inside Your Services

You open a trace in Splunk Observability Cloud and everything looks fine. One root span, order-pipeline, with ...