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How to convert now() into strptime?

franciscof
Explorer

Does anyone knows how to do this? Im having a trouble with this convertion.

Thanks in advance

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Like this:

... | eval now = now()
| fieldformat now = strftime(now, "%c")

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Like this:

... | eval now = now()
| fieldformat now = strftime(now, "%c")
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franciscof
Explorer

Thank you! That worked a treat

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to4kawa
Ultra Champion
| convert ctime(now())
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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
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Assuming you want to convert now() into text, you want strftime.

... | eval nowText = strftime(now(), "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Z")
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