syslog-ng sucks less with ii

syslog-ng-ii.conf

#
@version: 3.9

block source ii (
  channel('#riemann')
  server('chat.freenode.net')
  basedir('/tmp/ii')
)
{
	channel {
		source {
			file(
			  "`basedir`/`server`/`channel`/out"
			  flags(no-parse)
		  );
		};
		parser {
			csv-parser(
			  delimiters(' ')
			  columns(tmp.date,MSG)
			  flags(greedy)
			);
		};
		parser {
			date-parser(
			  template("${tmp.date}")
			  format('%s')
			);
		};
	};
};

log {
	source {
		ii(
		  channel("#riemann")
		  server("chat.freenode.net")
		);
	};
	destination {
		file(
		  "/var/tmp/riemann-irc.$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY"
		);
	};
};