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correct TIME_FORMAT for time stamp

Melstrathdee
Path Finder

Hello,
I'm having trouble extracting the following timestamp for one source, is there someone here that can recommend what values to put into the $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/default/local file under the TIME_FORMAT attribute?

Dec 3 2019 12:59AM

I have set TIME_FORMAT to be %b %#d %Y %l:%M%p but it is ignoring the AM or PM

I am getting an error could not use strptime to parse timestamp from | xyz.com | 94 | 2051 | 436 | 0 | 21 | | Dec 3 2019 12:59AM | destructive |

and it is returning this is the timestamp 12/3/19 12:59:00.000 PM

Thank you

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thambisetty
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

in props.conf

[yoursourcetype]
TIME_FORMAT = %b %d %Y %I:%M%p

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If this helps, give a like below.
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Melstrathdee
Path Finder

I gave it a shot unfortunately it didn't work.

I have tried this also ( this is based on the splunk date time doc ) with no luck. Any other ideas?
%b %e %Y %l:%M%p

logs
| xyz.a | 94 | 3100 | 2605 | 0 | 84 | | Dec 3 2019 1:01AM | destructive |
| xyz.b| 94 | 45476 | 31607 | 1 | 70 | 166428 | Dec 3 2019 1:25AM | keeponline |
| xtf.j| 94 | 3100 | 3044 | 0 | 98 | | Dec 3 2019 1:02AM | destructive |

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