# Add date to each new created entry in Elasticsearch
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-date-to-each-new-created-entry-in-elasticsearch/49860
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 12, 2016, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-date-to-each-new-created-entry-in-elasticsearch/49860 "2016-05-12T07:34:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@nateuni](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nateuni)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2016, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-date-to-each-new-created-entry-in-elasticsearch/49860/1 "2016-05-12T07:34:54Z")
I read [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp/4529) post, but the timestamp is depreciated. And I am still not fully up to speed on what to do.
I have Logstash passing logs to ES with ES's _Dynamic Field Mapping_ (I believe this is the correct terminology). But I still don't know how to add the date index on creation, even after considerable reading. I have tried to ask in irc, but get a comment here and a comment there and for someone that is new to this topic, there is little help to be found, so I am trying here.
My unsuccessful final attempt was:
```
curl -XPUT localhost:9200/_template/my_template -d '
{
"template" : "log*",
"mappings": {
"type1": {
"properties": {
"created_at": {
"type": "date",
"format": "yyyyMMdd'T'HHmmss.SSSZ"
}
}
}
}
}'
```
I deleted the logstash dynamic template, so it would start again, but nothing has changed!
Can some please assist, so I can make some ground? Thanks in advance.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-date-to-each-new-created-entry-in-elasticsearch/49860/2 "2017-07-05T22:52:12Z")