# Reporting time

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/reporting-time/375>\
**Category:** Zeek\
**Created:** [June 5, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/reporting-time/375 "2003-06-05T06:33:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Vern](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.zeek.org/vern/32/630_2.png) [@Vern](https://community.zeek.org/u/Vern)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/reporting-time/375/1 "2003-06-05T06:33:17Z")

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> I have one more question: when Bro detected a Stepping Stone , it show us a  
> time. Is the time  
> when Bro see a packet belong to the Chain?

It's the time when Bro's algorithm has determined that a stepping stone exists.  
You could follow the logic in stepping.bro regarding when it generates this  
output in order to determine this.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vern

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/reporting-time/375/2 "2022-05-06T15:36:46Z")

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