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SAPrabhakar
Explorer
08-04-2016
07:49 AM
I am trying to convert the string "08/04/16 09:40:41.690" to a date in splunk. I think that I am supposed to use some combination of strptime and strftime but I can't figure it you. I thought that eval testTime = strptime(message.facets.requestStart, "%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S:%3Q") would do the trick but that doesn't seem to work.
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sundareshr
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08-04-2016
10:25 AM
Try this
| makeresults | eval x="08/04/16 09:40:41.690" | eval y=strptime(x, "%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S") | eval z=strftime(y, "%m/%d/%Y") | table x y z
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somesoni2
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08-04-2016
10:54 AM
Try this
To convert to epoch
your base search | eval testTime = strptime('message.facets.requestStart', "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S:%N")
To convert to epoch and round to start of the day
your base search | eval testTime = relative_time(strptime('message.facets.requestStart', "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S:%N"),"@d")
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sundareshr
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08-04-2016
10:25 AM
Try this
| makeresults | eval x="08/04/16 09:40:41.690" | eval y=strptime(x, "%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S") | eval z=strftime(y, "%m/%d/%Y") | table x y z
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