Getting Data In

splunk shows time 4 hours behind.

kamalbeg
Explorer

I am getting some data from docker application. Client is telling me that in his log file the time stamp is up to date but when it comes to splunk, its 4 hours behind.

On indexer, I have created the props.conf file and have the following entry

more props.conf
[source::/var/tmp/log/*]
TZ = US/Eastern

How can I fix this?

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bcyates
Communicator

It sounds like the timestamp coming over is in UTC. Change your props to account for the difference.

[source::/var/tmp/log/*]
TZ = UTC

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kamalbeg
Explorer

Both the client server and splunk servers are in EST

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cmerriman
Super Champion

what is the user time zone set as?

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