How does Splunk assign a timestamp to an event that has no recognizable timestamp in its text?

It uses the current time when the event is indexed

It uses the time of the previous event in the same source

It leaves the timestamp field empty

It uses the time the event was generated on the source system

If an event contains multiple timestamps, which one does Splunk use as the event's _time?

The first timestamp found in the event

The last timestamp found in the event

The timestamp that appears in the middle of the event

The timestamp with the most complete date and time

An admin is ingesting a large batch of historical log files that do not contain timestamps. The files are named with the date they were generated, e.g., 'app_2024-05-14.log'. The admin wants the _time to reflect the date in the filename. What is the most practical approach?

Set the TIME_FORMAT in props.conf to 'yyyy-MM-dd' and hope Splunk parses the filename.

Use the `_time` field in a search to manually set the time after indexing.

Use a custom script to prepend the date from the filename to each event before indexing.

Configure the input to use the file's modification time as the event time.

What is the default time zone used by Splunk if no TZ attribute is set for a sourcetype?

The local time zone of the Splunk indexer

The time zone of the event's source

The time zone of the Splunk search head

An admin is troubleshooting a sourcetype where the _time is consistently set to the ingestion time, even though the events clearly contain a timestamp. The raw event looks like: '2024-05-14 08:23:45 INFO User logged in'. What is the most likely cause?

The TIME_FORMAT in props.conf does not match the timestamp format in the event.

The indexer's system clock is incorrect.

The TZ attribute is set to an invalid time zone.

The MAX_TIMESTAMP_LOOKAHEAD is set too high.

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An admin is ingesting a large batch of historical log files that do not contain timestamps. The files are named with the date they were generated, e.g., 'app_2024-05-14.log'. The admin wants the _time to reflect the date in the filename. What is the most practical approach?
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An admin is troubleshooting a sourcetype where the _time is consistently set to the ingestion time, even though the events clearly contain a timestamp. The raw event looks like: '2024-05-14 08:23:45 INFO User logged in'. What is the most likely cause?
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