Config: Format Section

Some of the Fluentd plugins support the <format> section to specify how to format the record.
Format Section Overview
The format section can be under <match> or <filter> section.
<match tag.*>
  @type file
  # ...
  <format>
    # ...
  </format>
</match>
Formatter Plugin Type
The @type parameter of <format> section specifies the type of the formatter plugin. Fluentd core bundles some useful formatter plugins.
<format>
  @type json
</format>
Here's the list of built-in formatter plugins:
​out_file​
​json​
​ltsv​
​csv​
​msgpack​
​hash​
​single_value​
Third-party plugins may also be installed and configured.
For more details, see plugins documentation.
Parameters
@type
The @type parameter specifies the type of the formatter plugin.
<format>
  @type csv
  # ...
</format>
Time Parameters
time_type (enum) (optional): parses/formats value according to this
type
Default: float
Available values: float, unixtime, string
float: seconds from Epoch + nano seconds (e.g.
1510544836.154709804)
unixtime: seconds from Epoch (e.g. 1510544815)
string: use format specified by time_format, local time or time
zone
time_format (string) (optional): processes value according to the
specified format. This is available only when time_type is string.
Default: nil
Available time format:
For more details about formatting, see
​Time#strftime.
For more details about parsing, see
​Time.strptime.
%iso8601 (only for parsing)
Use %N to parse/format with sub-second precision, because
​strptime does not support
%3N, %6N, %9N, and %L.
localtime (bool) (optional): if true, uses local time. Otherwise,
UTC is used. This is exclusive with utc.
Default: true
utc (bool) (optional): if true, uses UTC. Otherwise, local time is
used. This is exclusive with localtime.
Default: false
timezone (string) (optional): uses the specified timezone. One can
parse/format the time value in the specified timezone format.
Default: nil
Available time zone format:
1.[+-]HH:MM (e.g. "+09:00") (recommended)
2.[+-]HHMM (e.g. "+0900")
3.[+-]HH (e.g. "+09")
4.Region/Zone (e.g. Asia/Tokyo)
5.Region/Zone/Zone (e.g. America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires)
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