Setting User-defined Log Time¶
When configuring log ingestion, you can enable User-defined log time to set a time field in the logs as the ingestion configuration time.
Enabling User-defined Log Time¶
Log in to the management console and choose Management & Deployment > Log Tank Service. The Log Management page is displayed by default.
Expand the target log group and click the name of the target stream.
On the log stream details page, click in the upper right corner. On the page displayed, click the Cloud Structuring Parsing tab. For details, see Setting Cloud Structuring Parsing.
After cloud structuring parsing is configured, enable User-defined log time and specify the following parameters.
Note
A time deviation may occur around the time displayed on the log search page when you enable or disable User-defined log time. Do not frequently enable or disable it.
¶ Parameter
Description
Example
Key
Name of an extracted field. You can select an extracted field from the drop-down list. The field is of the string or long type.
test
Value
Value of an extracted field. After a Key is selected, the Value is automatically filled in.
Note
The value of the field must be within 24 hours earlier or later than the current time.
2022-07-19 12:12:00
Format
For details, see Common Log Time Formats.
yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
Operation
Click Verify. If the message The time format is successfully matched with the time field value. is displayed, the verification is successful.
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Common Log Time Formats¶
Table 2 lists common log time formats.
Note
By default, log timestamps in LTS are accurate to seconds. You do not need to configure information such as milliseconds and microseconds.
Format | Description | Example |
---|---|---|
EEE | Abbreviation for Week. | Fri |
EEEE | Full name for Week. | Friday |
MMM | Abbreviation for Month. | Jan |
MMMM | Full name for Month. | January |
dd | Number of the day in a month, ranging from 01 to 31 (decimal). | 07, 31 |
HH | Hour, in 24-hour format. | 22 |
hh | Hour, in 12-hour format. | 11 |
MM | Number of the month, ranging from 01 to 12 (decimal). | 08 |
mm | Number of the minute, ranging from 00 to 59 (decimal). | 59 |
a | AM or PM | AM, PM |
hh:mm:ss a | Time in the 12-hour format. | 11:59:59 AM |
HH:mm | Hour and minute format. | 23:59 |
ss | Number of the second, ranging from 00 to 59 (decimal). | 59 |
yy | Year without century, ranging from 00 to 99 (decimal). | 04, 98 |
yyyy | Year (decimal). | 2004, 1998 |
d | Number of the day in a month, ranging from 1 to 31 (decimal). If the value is a single-digit number, add a space before the value. | 7, 31 |
DDD | Number of the day in a year, ranging from 001 to 366 (decimal). | 365 |
u | Number of the day in a week, ranging from 1 to 7 (decimal). The value 1 indicates Monday. | 2 |
w | Number of the week in a year. Sunday is the start of a week. The value ranges from 00 to 53. | 23 |
w | Number of the week in a year. Monday is the start of a week. The value ranges from 01 to 53. A week is the first week of a month if it has at least four days in that month; otherwise, the following week is the first week. | 24 |
U | Number of the day in a week, ranging from 0 to 6 (decimal). The value 0 indicates Sunday. | 5 |
EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss yyyy | Standard date and time. | Tue Nov 20 14:12:58 2020 |
EEE MMM dd yyyy | Standard date without time. | Tue Nov 20 2020 |
HH:mm:ss | Standard time without date. | 11:59:59 |
%s | UNIX Timestamp. | 147618725 |
Examples¶
Table 3 lists common time standards, examples, and expressions.
Example | Time Expression | Time Standard |
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2022-07-14T19:57:36+08:00 | yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssXXX | Custom |
1548752136 | %s | Custom |
27/Jan/2022:15:56:44 | dd/MMM/yyyy:HH:mm:ss | Custom |
2022-08-15 17:53:23+08 | yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ssX | Custom |
2022-08-05T08:24:15.536+0000 | yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ | Custom |
2022-08-20T10:04:03.204000Z | yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ | Custom |
2022-08-22T06:52:08Z | yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ | Custom |
2022-07-24T10:06:41.000 | yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS | Custom |
[2022-12-11 15:05:07.012] | [yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS] | Custom |
Monday, 02-Jan-06 15:04:05 MST | EEEE, dd-MMM-yy HH:mm:ss Z | RFC850 |
Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 MST | EEE, dd MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss Z | RFC1123 |
02 Jan 06 15:04 MST | dd MMM yy HH:mm Z | RFC822 |
02 Jan 06 15:04 -0700 | dd MMM yy HH:mm Z | RFC822Z |
2023-01-02T15:04:05.999999999Z07:00 | yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss Z | RFC3339Nano |
2023-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00 | yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss Z | RFC3339 |
2022-12-11 15:05:07 | yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss | Custom |