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First instance of timestamp

mirsmehdi
New Member

Trying to get the first occurrence of the timestamp to be used for _time

LogFile:
2016/05/27 06:30; 2016/05/27 06:29:18 Test1 :Service1
2016/05/27 05:30; 2016/05/27 05:24:16 Test2 :Service2

Have used props.conf to use MAX_TIMESTAMP_LOOKAHEAD=15, and also TIME_PREFIX = ^; still looks at the second timestamp

inputs.conf:

[monitor:LogFile]
index = test_index
sourcetype = sourcetype_new
source = host1

props.conf

[sourcetype_new]
TIME_PREFIX = ^
MAX_TIMESTAMP_LOOKAHEAD = 15

search:

source=host1 sourcetype=sourcetype_new *

Output:

Time                                -  Event
2016/05/27 06:29:18       - 2016/05/27 06:30; 2016/05/27 06:29:18 Test1 :Service1
2016/05/27 05:24:16       - 2016/05/27 05:30; 2016/05/27 05:24:16 Test2 :Service2
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ryanoconnor
Builder

Also keep in mind 2016/05/27 06:30 is 16 characters, so you might want to change your max_timestamp_lookahead to 16.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Try adding TIME_FORMAT = %Y/%m/%d %H:%M to your sourcetype_new stanza.

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