公开(公告)号：US10567557B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-18

申请号：US14889764

申请日：2014-10-31

Applicant: Splunk Inc.

Inventor： Lai Qiang Ding ,  Ziliang Chen ,  Junqing Hao ,  Ting Wang

IPC: H04L12/26 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L29/06

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that processes data received from a remote system. During operation, the system sends, from a computer system to a remote system, a request for a local time at the remote system and records a time of transmission of the request. Next, the system obtains, from the remote system, a response to the request, wherein the response includes the local time of the remote system. The system then computes a difference between the time of transmission and the local time of the remote system to determine a time offset that accounts for a time difference between the computer system and the remote system. Finally, the system uses the time offset to standardize timestamps in time-series data received from the remote system, wherein standardizing the timestamps associated with the time-series data comprises adjusting the timestamps to conform to a time standard.