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Splunk won't correctly recognize timestamp

pero1234
Path Finder

Why splunk won't correctly recognize this timestamp?

120129092233

my props.conf

TIME_FORMAT=%Y%m%d%H%M%S
TIME_PREFIX=^

example of source log:

120129092231;field1 field2  field3
120129092232;field1 field2  field3
120129092233;field1 field2  field3
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imrago
Contributor

try:

TIME_FORMAT=%y%m%d%H%M%S
TIME_PREFIX=^

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imrago
Contributor

try:

TIME_FORMAT=%y%m%d%H%M%S
TIME_PREFIX=^

pero1234
Path Finder

Works! Yes, y% is for year without century like in my log.
Splunk rocks!!

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hedgehog
Explorer

Your time_Prefix stanza looks correct but I dont think you need the prefix. Not sure if the docs will shed some light but you can fine them here: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/
ConfigureTimestampRecognition

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