When you open up the LOG-MD output Report.csv for the first time in Microsoft Excel you will notice that Column C contains the Time data and is only showing time, not the properly configured Date-Time log data should have. This is the default format condition for Excel when seeing the date time data used by LOG-MD and any other Windows log data.
Windows logs use the date time format “M/D/YEAR H:MM:SS.000”. In order to carry the milliseconds (.000) into Microsoft Excel you will need to apply a custom time format. In Microsoft Excel do the following;
- Right-click on the Date/Time column (usually Column C) and select Format Cells
- Select Number and then Custom
- Select “m/d/yyyy h:mm”
- In the Type field add “:ss.000” to the end
- So now it looks like this - ”m/d/yyyy h:mm:ss.000” in the field and select ‘OK’ to apply
Now you should have properly formatted date and time and showing milliseconds so you can properly sort and correlate events.
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