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How can you pass the values of earliest and latest?

sgrey007
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I have a text date stamp called ACK_Time that I need to validate is between earliest=-1d@d AND latest=-0d@d. I can
... earliest=-1d@d AND latest=-0d@d | convert timeformat "%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S" mktime(ACK_Time as ack_time| ..

but now I need to recall the values of earliest and latest as epoch so I can:

...| where ealiest<= ack_time AND ack_time<=latest|....

Is there a way to pass the values captured in earliest and latest so they can be reused in a where clause?

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sgrey007
New Member

Thanks, that is exactly what I needed!

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somesoni2
Revered Legend

Implementation of solution by @gkanapathy,

earliest=-1d@d AND latest=-0d@d |  addinfo  | convert timeformat "%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S" mktime(ACK_Time) as ack_time|  where earliest<= info_max_time AND ack_time>=info_min_time |...

somesoni2
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Thanks @gfuente for pointing out correction. Updated my answer.

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gfuente
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There is one parentheses missing and a typo in the where "earliest"

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