Common timestamp interpretation

Last Updated : Dec 09, 2021 |
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The beginning of each log entry contains common timestamp information, separated by colons (:), and looks similar to the following:
20030227:000411863:46766:MAP(11111):MED:
Interpret the information as follows:
  • 20030227 is the date (February 27, 2003)
  • 000411863 is the time (00 hours, 04 minutes, 11 seconds, 863 milliseconds (ms) or 00:04:11 AM).
  • 46766 is the sequence number of this entry.
  • MAP(11111), an example from the Logmanager debug trace is the name and number of the process generating the event. Other logs display as an abbreviated name, for example lxsys for the Linux syslog and httperr for the HTTP/web server error log.
  • MED is the priority level (medium).
After the common timestamp information, the system displays the log-specific information in brackets []. If you select the merged log view, you can always tell from which log the entry was written by looking at the log-name field on the entry. This field follows the sequence number field, immediately after the timestamp, and is separated by colons.