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How to convert current timestamp to time using splunk?

Shan
Builder

In my current timestamp filed .
I Have a value like 2015-06-11-083912216431

I need the value like 08:39:12
The above mentioned value are in the format of H:M:S

Thanks in advance.

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twinspop
Influencer

I would convert to time first:

some search | eval MyUNIXTime=strptime(Timestamp,"%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S%6N") | eval MyTime=strftime(MyUNIXTime,"%T")

Where Timestamp is the field containing your original time string.

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somesoni2
Revered Legend

With SED it can be done like this

your base search giving field Timestamp | rex field=Timestamp mode=sed "s/(\d+-\d+-\d+)-(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})(.*)/\1 \2:\3:\4/g"

Do you want to change the Timestamp format at search time OR index time?

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Here is one way. It may be more efficient to use sed, but someone more experienced with sed will have to answer that.

... | rex field=ts "(?P<date>\d{4}-\d{1,2}-\d{1,2})-(?<hour>\d\d)(?P<minute>\d\d)(?P<seconds>\d\d)(?P<subseconds>\d{0,6})" | eval ts=date.":".hour.":".minute.":".seconds.".".subseconds | ...
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