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Time format throwing error

saifuddin9122
Path Finder

Hello All,

i have a sourcetype with timestamp as "2017-10-10T18:55:47.425Z" and i defined TIME_FORMAT as "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%3%Z" but seems to be issue am getting the following error

Bad strptime format value: '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%3%Z', of param: props.conf / [] / TIME_FORMAT.

can anyone help me in correcting it?

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s2_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Try with TIME_FORMAT as "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%3N%Z"

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s2_splunk
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Splunk Employee

Try with TIME_FORMAT as "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%3N%Z"

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