Blog tagged as Timestamp Issues

Timestamp Issues - Splunk Troubleshooting Use Case - 16
Issue: Data from particular forwarder has +3 hrs difference for all events
Root cause: NTP Protocol Sync was not configured for that Forwarder.
Solution: Configure NTP Protocol sync on that particular server & restart the forwarder.

14.06.24 06:58 PM - Comment(s)
Timestamp Issues - Splunk Troubleshooting Use Case - 10
Scenario-2: Event timestamp & _time field have a difference, which is the same for all events
Root Cause: Data is coming from a different time zone, but the Forwarder is configured with the UTC timezone. So that difference in the timezones reflected during the search
Solution: Configure the Time z...
13.06.24 10:52 PM - Comment(s)
Timestamp Issues - Splunk Troubleshooting Use Case - 9
Issue: 
Event timestamp & _time field do not match
Scenario-1:
All events are showing the same Timestamp (current timestamp)
Root Cause:
Event timestamp is not in the standard format.
Solution: 
Configure your custom timestamp format in the sourcetype, as shown below in props.conf file
13.06.24 10:46 PM - Comment(s)