Hi, $EventTime is UTC. It is not possible to convert it to a string representation with the UTC timezone using strftime() because the underlying API does not support this. What you can do is: * Use the Binary mode to transfer data. It serializes the datetime type correctly. * Convert the datetime to a string expressed as an integer timestamp and parse it back at the other end. POC: #sender $EventTime = 2014-05-12 12:05:39; log_info($EventTime); $EventTime = string(integer($EventTime)); log_info($EventTime); #receiver $EventTime = datetime(integer($EventTime)); log_info($EventTime); This gives: 2014-05-12 12:05:39 1399889139000000 2014-05-12 12:05:39 * Use +Z in strftime to format it with a timezone. This won't be UTC unless the machine is configured that way but it is human readable and can be parsed back. Windows has issues with the Z.
Using JSON to serialize structured data has become quite popular recently. Unfortunately there are two issues with this currently: 1. The JSON standard does not define a datetime type. Doing a to_json() and then a parse_json() results in $EventTime converted to a string, so you need to add an explicit $EventTime = parsedate($EventTime); There are plans to make this automatic. 2. When the fields are serialized to JSON, the datetime type is converted to a string expressed in local time without a timezone. Thus sending data across timezones is problematic. This will be solved too. Regards, Botond On Mon, 12 May 2014 14:18:10 -0700 Nate Fox <the...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have the following on a windows machine: > > <Input event_viewer> > Module im_msvistalog > Exec $EventTime = strftime($EventTime, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"); > </Input> > > Is there any way to convert this to UTC regardless of what timezone I have > configured for the machine? > > I'd love something like strftime(to_utc($EventTime), "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"); ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ nxlog-ce-users mailing list nxlog-ce-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nxlog-ce-users
