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Time Difference problem

abhayneilam
Contributor

Hi,

I am giving the following query :

| inputlookup file.csv | eval CT="1/24/2013 6:54" | convert timeformat="%m/%d/%Y %T" mktime("DATE LOGGED") mktime(CT) | eval duration=("DATE LOGGED"-CT)

and it is giving me :

Error in 'eval' command: Typechecking failed. '-' only takes numbers.

I simply want to find out the difference betwen the time given in one field called "DATE LOGGED" and today's date i.e., "1/24/2013" ( the date when I run my query )

Please help

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javo
Explorer

I don't know if Splunk can operate on epoch-formatted times. What I would try is to convert epochs to seconds or another duration format and then do the math. Maybe it isn't a fancy solution, but it could work.

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abhayneilam
Contributor

That's seems good, But How to do that ?

Any Example would be highly appreciated

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