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Splunk time difference showing as null

Das
Engager

I need to calculate time difference between start and end times. But I get the difference value as null. Not sure what I am missing.

Below is the sample query
| makeresults
| eval a="27 Mar 2025,02:14:11"
| eval b="27 Mar 2025,03:14:12"
| eval stime=strptime(a,"%d %b %Y,%H:%M:%S")
| eval etime=strptime(b,"%d %b %Y,%H:%M:%S")
| eval diff = eTime - sTime
| table a b stime etime diff

I get the below result with diff value empty:

a b stime etime diff

27 Mar 2025,02:14:1127 Mar 2025,03:14:121743041651.0000001743045252.000000 

 

Please help in identifying where I am going wrong

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yuanliu
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Please help in identifying where I am going wrong

How about spelling error?

| makeresults
| eval a="27 Mar 2025,02:14:11"
| eval b="27 Mar 2025,03:14:12"
| eval stime=strptime(a,"%d %b %Y,%H:%M:%S")
| eval etime=strptime(b,"%d %b %Y,%H:%M:%S")
| eval diff = etime - stime
| table a b stime etime diff
abstimeetimediff
27 Mar 2025,02:14:1127 Mar 2025,03:14:121743066851.0000001743070452.0000003601.000000

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yuanliu
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Please help in identifying where I am going wrong

How about spelling error?

| makeresults
| eval a="27 Mar 2025,02:14:11"
| eval b="27 Mar 2025,03:14:12"
| eval stime=strptime(a,"%d %b %Y,%H:%M:%S")
| eval etime=strptime(b,"%d %b %Y,%H:%M:%S")
| eval diff = etime - stime
| table a b stime etime diff
abstimeetimediff
27 Mar 2025,02:14:1127 Mar 2025,03:14:121743066851.0000001743070452.0000003601.000000
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Das
Engager

Thanks for noticing it. 
Its my bad. its working as expected.

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