Add Date Processor Plugin (#5895)

plugins/processors/date/date.go

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+package date
+
+import (
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/processors"
+)
+
+const sampleConfig = `
+##Specify the date tags to add
+tagKey = "month"
+dateFormat = "%m"
+
+`
+
+type Date struct {
+	TagKey     string `toml:"tagKey"`
+	DateFormat string `toml:"dateFormat"`
+}
+
+func (d *Date) SampleConfig() string {
+	return sampleConfig
+}
+
+func (d *Date) Description() string {
+	return "Dates measurements, tags, and fields that pass through this filter."
+}
+
+func (d *Date) Apply(in ...telegraf.Metric) []telegraf.Metric {
+	for _, point := range in {
+		point.AddTag(d.TagKey, point.Time().Format(d.DateFormat))
+
+	}
+
+	return in
+
+}
+
+func init() {
+	processors.Add("date", func() telegraf.Processor {
+		return &Date{}
+	})
+}
+
+/**
+ *
+
+[processors.date]
+  jdfj
+
+  ##Set Months to True or False
+  tagKey = "month"
+  dateFormat = "%m" // January
+
+[processors.date]
+  jdfj
+
+  ##Set Months to True or False
+  tagKey = "day_of_week"
+  dateFormat = "%d" // Wednesday
+
+
+  # [[processors.regex.fields]]
+  #   key = "request"
+  #   pattern = ".*category=(\\w+).*"
+  #   replacement = "${1}"
+  #   result_key = "search_category"
+
+
+*/