# Adding ingestion time in logs upto nanoseconds for more precision

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-ingestion-time-in-logs-upto-nanoseconds-for-more-precision/52048>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 7, 2016, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-ingestion-time-in-logs-upto-nanoseconds-for-more-precision/52048 "2016-06-07T10:10:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![lucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@lucifer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lucifer)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-ingestion-time-in-logs-upto-nanoseconds-for-more-precision/52048/1 "2016-06-07T10:10:10Z")

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Can I Add ingestion time in logs upto nanoseconds for more precision by specifying it somewhere in the configuration file???

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-ingestion-time-in-logs-upto-nanoseconds-for-more-precision/52048/2 "2016-06-07T23:29:17Z")

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Yes but you will need to do it with something like ruby and then add it to another field.  
The current timestamp field can't cope with nanoseconds unfortunately, there is an issue for it though.

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**Author:** ![pecwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@pecwich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pecwich)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-ingestion-time-in-logs-upto-nanoseconds-for-more-precision/52048/3 "2016-06-08T12:26:10Z")

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Is there an example for this issue? Like a sample ruby script?

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-ingestion-time-in-logs-upto-nanoseconds-for-more-precision/52048/4 "2017-07-06T04:54:10Z")

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