# Another timestamp parsing question **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [July 5, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/another-timestamp-parsing-question/91908 "2017-07-05T13:11:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dee/32/18876_2.png) [@Dee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dee)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/another-timestamp-parsing-question/91908/1 "2017-07-05T13:11:51Z")
Hi, I have this time format: 0705 16:06:23.522 This is my logstash configuration: > ``` > json { > source => "event" > } > date { > match => ["time", "MMdd HH:mm:ss.SSS"] > remove_field => ["time"] > } > > ``` I get the exception: > {:timestamp=\>"2017-07-05T16:06:32.268000+0300", :message=\>"Error parsing @timestamp string, setting current time to @timestamp, original in \_@timestamp field", :value=\>""0705 16:06:23.522"", :exception=\>"invalid timestamp string "0705 16:06:23.522", error=java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid format: "0705 16:06:23.522" is malformed at " 16:06:23.522"", :level=\>:warn} Can anyone enlighten me of this exception? The pattern should match and I confirmed it using this debugger: [https://joda-time-parse-debugger.herokuapp.com/](https://joda-time-parse-debugger.herokuapp.com/) And I know for a fact that its trying to use this match. When I change it to a wrong format the exception says so. Thanks, Diana. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/another-timestamp-parsing-question/91908/2 "2017-08-02T13:11:57Z")
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