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      xternal
      last edited by

      Hello,
      Would it be possible to amend the date format in the Snort GUI to adhere to the pfSense long format that is used in the logs e.g. Apr 13 12:04:31
      or provide an option to switch to DD/MM/YY

      You crazy Americans with your MM/DD/YY format is so confusing  :o  :)

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      • bmeeksB
        bmeeks
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        Hmm…I don't think Snort itself can be changed, but it's possible I may be able to work on how the GUI displays the alerts in the web interface.  I will add that to my feature request list.

        Bill

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          digs
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          Ooh. Convenient finding this thread as it saves me creating a new one. I've just implemented Snort on pfSense and encountered the same date format issue (In Australia)

          I'd also hoped to display in DD/MM/YYYY format. When diagnosing logged alerts you have to remember you're not driving in the left hand lane ;-)

          Bill, your suggestion sounds like a feasible workaround for my purposes even though it makes me twitch a little as it's not addressed at root cause. But I understand it's a bigger issue than I can hope to have addressed.

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          • bmeeksB
            bmeeks
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            The next update to the Snort GUI package contains a fix to display the date in ISO-8601 format on the ALERTS and BLOCKED tabs.  Unfortunately the raw alert log will still be in the U.S. format of MM-DD-YY with the two-digit year.  The GUI display format will be YYYY-mm-dd.

            This new version will be 3.2.9.1_14 and should show up soon.

            Bill

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              xternal
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              Thanks Bill!

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