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Convert log time (epoch) to readable Date and time

raindrop18
Communicator

I have this on my log including epoch time, how I can convert the time next to msg to readable time.

"rank=msg(1489546552.151:69280424)"

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jkat54
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
 ...|rex field=rank "msg\((?<epoch>\d+\.\d+)" 
 | convert ctime(epoch) 
 | table epoch

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Like this:

The setup:

| makeresults | eval rank="msg(1489546552.151:69280424)" 

The solution:

| rex field=rank "msg\((?<epoch>\d+\.\d+)"
| fieldformat epoch=strftime(epoch, "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S")
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jkat54
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
 ...|rex field=rank "msg\((?<epoch>\d+\.\d+)" 
 | convert ctime(epoch) 
 | table epoch

raindrop18
Communicator

thanks ,that works as expected.

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