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reltime

Synopsis

Creates a relative time field, called 'reltime', and sets it to a human readable value of the difference between 'now' and '_time'.

Syntax

reltime

Description

Sets the 'reltime' field to a human readable value of the difference between 'now' and '_time'. Human-readable values look like "5 days ago", "1 minute ago", "2 years ago", etc.

Examples

Example 1: Add a reltime field.

... | reltime

See also

convert

Answers

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Retrieved from "http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/4.3/SearchReference/Reltime"

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk: 4.1.5 , 4.1.6 , 4.1.7 , 4.1.8 , 4.2 , 4.2.1 , 4.2.2 , 4.2.3 , 4.2.4 , 4.2.5 , 4.3 , 4.3.1 , 4.3.2 View the Article History for its revisions.


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