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Hi everyone,
I have the following event:
"... src=218.2.3.256 act=block app=ips rt=1433065461040 ...."
The rt field is a epoch computer time format.
Is it possible to convert the "rt" field to a user-friendly format? I searched through some of the other questions but none really addressed this specific question.
Thanks.
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You can use the eval function strftime
... | eval formatted_time=strftime(rt/1000, "%H:%M:%S %d-%m-%Y")
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You can use the eval function strftime
... | eval formatted_time=strftime(rt/1000, "%H:%M:%S %d-%m-%Y")
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Does not work for me .
The "formatted_time" always displayed with the same value : 23:59:59 31-12-9999
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Convert your epoch time from millis to seconds
... | eval formatted_time=strftime(rt/1000, "%H:%M:%S %d-%m-%Y")
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Its working!
Is it possible to do it permanent ?
I mean- To calculation it automatically on the "rt" field ?
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Not sure what you mean but thats what splunk is for ,to transform the fields as you want when creating the reports of the dashboards
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you need to do a field transform at search or index time - http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.3.3/Knowledge/Managefieldtransforms
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Looks good. How I can do it for all variations of the "rt" numbers?
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Can you give more examples ?
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