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Have problem with my timestamp format

jcvytla
New Member

I'm trying to do forecasting on hourly data. I'm getting error , even though I change my time format. need help in converting "3/5/2018 0:49" into unix time stamp.

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adonio
Ultra Champion

try this:

| makeresults count=1 | eval time = "3/5/2018 0:49"
| eval in_epoch = strptime(time, "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M")

hope it helps

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lsnow_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Hi, @jcvytla-

Check out the "convert" command. The syntax for your case would look something like

convert timeformat=%m/%d/%Y %H:%M mktime(existing_time_field) AS epoch_time

but double check the time format if it doesn't seem to be working for you - the lack of leading zeroes in your timestamp might mean that you have to tweak that.

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adonio
Ultra Champion

try this:

| makeresults count=1 | eval time = "3/5/2018 0:49"
| eval in_epoch = strptime(time, "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M")

hope it helps

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jcvytla
New Member

Could you please help me with time chart for the same time format?

Thanks in advance

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adonio
Ultra Champion

for timechart youll need to convert your time to the field _time
same thing, and now you can | timechart ... as foo | predict foo

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