Splunk Search

How to display time in string format?

carlyleadmin
Contributor

Hi, I have a simple search that brings up the total count of logons in a day but I want the time part to say April,16,17,18 and so on instead of 2018-04-16 00:00:00. How can one achieve that?

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damien_chillet
Builder

Add the following at the end of your search:

| convert timeformat="%B %d" ctime(_time)

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damien_chillet
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Add the following at the end of your search:

| convert timeformat="%B %d" ctime(_time)
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carlyleadmin
Contributor

Thanks Damien for the quick response. works like a charm

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damien_chillet
Builder

You welcome! (:

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