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Change Date Format Display

togmolodon
Explorer

Hi,

I just want to change the displayed date format from 2014-04-03T23:00:00.000Z to 2014-04-03 19:00 i.e., convert from Zulu to GMT-4 using the date field.

I can't seem to figure this one out.

Many thanks!

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togmolodon
Explorer

@martin_mueller
Changing the timezone via settings is not an option for me, thanks though for your insight.

@linu1988
I am getting an error when I tried yours, thanks anyways.

FYI, I was able to make it work using the following:

eval epochtime = strptime(date,"%FT%H:%M:%S.%3Q")-14400 | eval "Revised" = strftime(epochtime, "%F %H:%M %p") | table Revised

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togmolodon
Explorer

@martin_mueller
Changing the timezone via settings is not an option for me, thanks though for your insight.

@linu1988
I am getting an error when I tried yours, thanks anyways.

FYI, I was able to make it work using the following:

eval epochtime = strptime(date,"%FT%H:%M:%S.%3Q")-14400 | eval "Revised" = strftime(epochtime, "%F %H:%M %p") | table Revised

linu1988
Champion

i thought you had your default timeforamt in _time field!! Btw good that you have done it.

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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

You can set the timezone for your user to GMT-4: SplunkBar -> Username -> Edit Account -> Timezone
That will make Splunk render all timestamps, including custom strftime() outputs, as GMT-4. It won't affect _raw text of course.

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linu1988
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|eval _time=_time-(4*3600)|convert  timeformat="%y-%m-%d %H:%M" ctime(_time)
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