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Field formatting

arunsoni
Explorer

Hi All,

I have a field which has improper format. I want to convert into a new field with proper format.

field name: Create

Value :  20190802212241Z

 

What I am looking is as below

New Field name : NewField

Value : 2019/08/02 21:22:41 

Thanks in advance!

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to4kawa
Ultra Champion

|eval NewField=strptime(Create,"%Y%m%d%H%M%S") |fieldformat NewField=strftime(NewField,"%Y/%m/%d %T")

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isoutamo
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
If you want to keep timezone information with date and time then you must add also %Z to the end of formats.
R. Ismo
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