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Windows event log ยท System35 Synchronizing system time from time service

  • System
  • 2 fields
  • System.evtx
  • Microsoft-Windows-Time-Service

Fields EvtxECmd extracts

2 columns in the EvtxECmd CSV

  • PayloadData1ServerAddress: %ServerAddress%
    • %ServerAddress% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="TimeSource"]
  • PayloadData2ServerIP: %ServerIP%
    • %ServerIP% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="TimeSource"]

Sample event

Event XML from the map file

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Time-Service" Guid="{GUID}"/>
    <EventID>35</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>4</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2020-11-08T17:55:55.8107139Z"/>
    <EventRecordID>5856</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation/>
    <Execution ProcessID="12840" ThreadID="4544"/>
    <Channel>System</Channel>
    <Computer>ComputerName</Computer>
    <Security UserID="{UserID}"/>
  </System>
  <EventData Name="TMP_EVENT_TIME_SOURCE_CHOSEN">
    <Data Name="TimeSource">time.windows.com,0x9 (ntp.m|0x9|0.0.0.0:123->52.231.114.183:123)</Data>
    <Data Name="TimeSourceRefId">3077760820</Data>
    <Data Name="CurrentStratumNumber">4</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

Source: evtx/Maps/System_Microsoft-Windows-Time-Service_35.map(opens in new tab) by Hyun Yi @hyuunnn and contributors(opens in new tab), MIT License(opens in new tab)