# \_dateparsefailure

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-dateparsefailure/69886>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 23, 2016, 8:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-dateparsefailure/69886 "2016-12-23T08:17:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Lucifer\_hbp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Lucifer\_hbp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lucifer_hbp)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 8:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-dateparsefailure/69886/1 "2016-12-23T08:17:35Z")

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Hi,  
How to write grok match for following date in logstash:  
20161219T003209.939-05:00

I have tried following but it is giving "\_dateparsefailure:"

date{  
match =\> ["timestamp" , "yyyyMMddHHmmss.SSSZ"]  
}

Any help please!!!

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**Author:** ![jsvd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsvd/32/6203_2.png) [@jsvd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsvd)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-dateparsefailure/69886/2 "2016-12-23T17:53:21Z")

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your format has T in the middle, so you need this instead:

`filter { date { match => ["message" , "yyyyMMdd'T'HHmmss.SSSZ"] } }`

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**Author:** ![Lucifer\_hbp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Lucifer\_hbp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lucifer_hbp)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-dateparsefailure/69886/3 "2017-01-02T12:52:54Z")

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Sry for the delayed reply, this pattern worked 🙂

Thanks alot !!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 12:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-dateparsefailure/69886/4 "2017-01-30T12:53:02Z")

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