Inserts the system clock as a message header.
Use InsertWallclockHeaders SMT if you want to use more than one date time part. This avoids multiple SMTs and is more efficient.
For example, if you want to partition the data by yyyy-MM-dd/HH, then you can use InsertWallclockHeaders which inserts multiple headers: date, year, month, day, hour, minute, second.
Inserts the system clock as a message header, with a value of type STRING. The value can be either a string representation of the date and time epoch value, or a string representation of the date and time in the format specified for example yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS.
| Name | Description | Type | Default | Valid Values | Importance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
To store the epoch value, use the following configuration:
To store a string representation of the date and time in the format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS, use the following:
To use the timezone Asia/Kolkoata, use the following:
header.name
The name of the header to insert the timestamp into.
String
High
value.type
Sets the header value inserted. It can be epoch or string. If string is used, then the 'format' setting is required."
String
format
epoch,format
High
format
Sets the format of the header value inserted if the type was set to string. It can be any valid java date format.
String
High
timezone
Sets the timezone. It can be any valid java timezone. Overwrite it when value.type is set to format, otherwise it will raise an exception.
String
UTC
High