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Default _time extraction

camah4
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I have an example log file with the following format:

Nov 05 10:33:37 servername applicationserver: instance,ipaddress,[05/Nov/2011:10:33:33 +0000]

I would like the second time column which contains [05/Nov/2011:10:33:33 +0000] to be column which is used for _time at index time, currently by default it uses Nov 05 10:33:37.

Any suggestion on how to tech splunk to use the alternative timestamp for _time would be appreciated.

Thanks

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araitz
Splunk Employee
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Please create only one post per question:

http://splunk-base.splunk.com/answers/34422/default-_time

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Takajian
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