Thanks - I'll try that. Hadn't seen the LOGFORMAT bit! -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Turner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 March 2006 10:24 To: Support for analog web log analyzer Subject: Re: [analog-help] Problems with dates in reports
On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Brereton, Stephen wrote: > Don't know if this is an issue with Reportmagic, so I'll start here. > > I'm generating usage reports from IIS5 logs, usually specifying a from/to > pair of a couple of months during the year. > When the report is output by reportmagic, the first thing I notice is that > the year-level activity graph shows each month of the year being involved in > the stats. > I can only figure that its reading the date somehow transposed? > Your diagnosis is probably correct. It's easiest just to explain what's going on. IIS logs are stupid because they put the date in local date format -- e.g. 2/3/2006 in Europe and 3/2/2006 in the U.S. -- with no indication which was used. Now if the logfile starts on or after the 13th of the month, analog can tell which format was used, and does the right thing. But if it starts on or before the 12th of the month, analog can't know, and so gives up. In this case, you have to specify LOGFORMAT MICROSOFT-NA (for North American dates) or LOGFORMAT MICROSOFT-INT (for international dates). My guess is that you specified -NA but wanted -INT. -- Stephen Turner, Cambridge, UK http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adelie/stephen/ "Low Priced Cambridge Clare College. Big selection at eBay UK!" (Ad after Google search for Clare College Cambridge) +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: | http://lists.meer.net/mailman/listinfo/analog-help | | Analog Documentation: http://analog.cx/docs/Readme.html | List archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives | Usenet version: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general +------------------------------------------------------------------------ * * * * * * * * * * * * This communication is from City of York Council. The information contained within, and in any attachment(s), is confidential and legally privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s), please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication, or the information within, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Equally, you must not disclose all, or part, of its contents to any other person. If you have received this communication in error, please return it immediately to the sender, then delete and destroy any copies of it. City of York Council disclaims any liability for action taken in reliance on the content of this communication. +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: | http://lists.meer.net/mailman/listinfo/analog-help | | Analog Documentation: http://analog.cx/docs/Readme.html | List archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives | Usenet version: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general +------------------------------------------------------------------------
