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Date getting null values on StrpTime?

iupreti
Explorer

Screenshot 2022-12-05 at 6.45.50 AM.png
I've field name opened_at with the date value shown in the image. But, while taking value from it, it returns a null value. Am I missing something here?

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yuanliu
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

The date format appears to be "%d/%m/%Y", not "%m/%d/%Y".

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yuanliu
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

The date format appears to be "%d/%m/%Y", not "%m/%d/%Y".

iupreti
Explorer

Screenshot 2022-12-05 at 7.47.40 AM.png
Tried that as well but no luck

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SanjayReddy
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @iupreti

you need to remove quotes for opened_at inside strptime function.

can you try runing removing quotes,

It should work

iupreti
Explorer

@SanjayReddyThank you it worked.

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