# Can logstash use syslog time as @timestamp

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-logstash-use-syslog-time-as-timestamp/218270>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 7, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-logstash-use-syslog-time-as-timestamp/218270 "2020-02-07T03:46:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-logstash-use-syslog-time-as-timestamp/218270/2 "2020-02-07T06:41:39Z")

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Hi @amhulli - I believe we had related topics around this - for example [here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-logstash-replace-elasticsearchs-timestamp-with-logs-time/140848). The idea would be to use the [date filter plugin](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-filters-date.html).

I hope that helps.

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