Getting Data In

Remove Time from results

pboynton63
Explorer

Since a picture speaks a thousand words here is what my current results get me:

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As you can search my search gets me Date, Leased IP, and Host Name

I would like the Date field to contain only the date i.e 08/24/2016 and not the hour, minute and second. Is there a way to do that?

Thanks for any help you can throw my way,

P.

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sundareshr
Legend

Add this to your search

... | eval Date=strftime(Date, "%x")

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sundareshr
Legend

Add this to your search

... | eval Date=strftime(Date, "%x")
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pboynton63
Explorer

I removed the convert piece as you suggested. That does not seem to have worked if I understood you correctly.
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sundareshr
Legend

Instead of the convert, add this

... | eval Date=strftime(_time, "%x") | fields - _time | ...

pboynton63
Explorer

That did the trick! So many thanks to everyone for the help!

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pboynton63
Explorer

Thank you Sundareshr,

Here are the results of your suggestion:

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It seems to have taken the date and time, and what I was looking for was just to remove the hour, minute, and second. I would still like the date e.g. 08/24/2016

But I think we are close!

Again my thanks,

P.

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MuS
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Skip the convert - after that you have a string and no longer an epoch value which is required by strftime() to work.

cheers, MuS

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