Now
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Serverless
Generally available
Stack
9.1+
Generally available since 9.1
The now processor sets the current timestamp to the specified field of the event. The now processor will overwrite the target field if it already exists.
The specified target field can be a nested field. The now processor will throw an error and leave the original event unchanged if the target nested field has an existing non-object as a parent.
field- The target field.
For example, this configuration:
processors:
- now:
field: event.created
Results in the following event:
{
"event": {
"created": "2025-04-08T12:00:00.000000042Z"
}
}
The event will be unchanged if the target nested field has an existing non-object as a parent, given:
processors:
- now:
field: event.created
The following event will not be altered:
{
"event": "foo"
}