timereceived

Alias for timegenerated that records when rsyslog received the message.

This property belongs to the Message Properties group.

Name:

timereceived

Category:

Message Properties

Type:

timestamp

Description

timereceived is an alias for timegenerated. It returns the same timestamp: the point in time when the operating system hands the message to rsyslog’s reception buffer, before queueing or ruleset processing.

The alias exists because the older timegenerated name can be confused with the sender-side timestamp. The sender-side timestamp remains timereported.

Usage

template(name="example" type="list") {
    property(name="timereceived")
}

See also

See timegenerated for the detailed behavior and rsyslog Properties for the category overview.

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