timestamp.md

Timestamp Processor

Places a timestamp to the input object, or parses an existing expression into a Date object.

Examples

"processors" : {
	"timestamp" : {
		"type" : "timestamp",
		"config" : {
			"input" : "${tsstring}",
			"format" : "HH:mm:ss YYYY-MM-DD",
			"output" : "timestamp"
		}
	}
}

Configuration parameters

• input : Optional. If specified, expression where fetch a timestamp string to be parsed. If not specified, the processor will use the actual timestamp.
• format : If input is specified. Format expression of the input to be parsed, following MomentJS expression
• output : Field where timestamp is stored
• unix : If true, timestamp will be stored as a long number instead of a javascript Date object.