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The event-time-epoch processor is a plugin for gNMIc that converts string-based time values in event messages into epoch timestamps. This is particularly useful when input data includes timestamps in human-readable formats (like RFC3339) and you want to normalize them for downstream systems.

Configuration#

processors:
  convert-timestamp:
    event-time-epoch:
      value-names:
        - ".*timestamp"
        - "lastSeen"
      format: "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00"
      precision: "ms"
      debug: true
Field Type Description
value-names []string List of regular expressions to match against the event values keys. Only matching keys will be processed.
format string Go time layout used to parse the input strings. Defaults to RFC3339 format.
precision string Desired epoch output precision: s, ms, us, or ns. Defaults to nanoseconds.
debug bool Enables verbose logging to stderr or the provided logger. 
{
    "name": "default",
    "timestamp": 1607290633806716620,
    "tags": {
        "source": "172.17.0.100:57400",
        "subscription-name": "default"
    },
    "values": {
        "system/timestamp": "2025-04-05T10:30:00Z"
    }
}

{
    "name": "default",
    "timestamp": 1607290633806716620,
    "tags": {
        "source": "172.17.0.100:57400",
        "subscription-name": "default"
    },
    "values": {
        "system.timestamp": 1743849000
    }
}