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Why does strptime not parse timestamps to nanoseconds (%9N/%9Q)?

andrewtrobec
Motivator

Splunk Enterprise 9.0.5.1

Hello!

I have to calculate the delta between two timestamps that have nanosecond granularity.  According to Splunk documentation nanoseconds are supported with either %9N or %9Q: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.0.5/SearchReference/Commontimeformatvariables

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When I try to parse a timestamp with nanosecond granularity, however, it stops at microseconds and calculates the delta in microseconds as well.  My expectation is that Splunk should maintain and manage nanoseconds.

Here is a run anywhere:

 

 

 

| makeresults
| eval start = "2023-10-24T18:09:24.900883123"
| eval end = "2023-10-24T18:09:24.902185512"
| eval start_epoch = strptime(start,"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%9N")
| eval end_epoch = strptime(end,"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%9N")
| table start end start* end*
| eval delta = end_epoch - start_epoch
| eval delta_round = round(end_epoch - start_epoch,9)

 

 

 


Is this a defect or am I doing something wrong?

Thank you!

Andrew

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Looks like a defect to me

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