Getting Data In

Set event time as time the file was created

rusty009
Path Finder

I have a number of csv files which don't have a 'time' field in them. I would like to set the time of all the events within the csv file as the date when the file was created. Is this possible ?

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jbrinkman
Explorer

DATETIME_CONFIG = NONE

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/Propsconf?utm_source=answers&utm_medium=in...

Under the DATETIME_CONFIG setting
* For file-based inputs (monitor, batch) the time chosen is the
modification timestamp on the file being read.

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MousumiChowdhur
Contributor

Hi,

Can you try using DATETIME_CONFIG = CURRENT in your props.conf?

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rusty009
Path Finder

that sets it to the current time, I want it to set it to the time the file I am indexing was created

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ddrillic
Ultra Champion

For the UI you can try base search | eval _time = _indextime.

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