# Can @timestamp be renamed when dumped to elasticsearch? (version 7.8)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-timestamp-be-renamed-when-dumped-to-elasticsearch-version-7-8/242225>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** winlogbeat\
**Created:** [July 22, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-timestamp-be-renamed-when-dumped-to-elasticsearch-version-7-8/242225 "2020-07-22T15:31:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alex\_Tchhailo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alex_tchhailo/32/72620_2.png) [@Alex\_Tchhailo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alex_Tchhailo)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-timestamp-be-renamed-when-dumped-to-elasticsearch-version-7-8/242225/1 "2020-07-22T15:31:29Z")

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Hello friends!

i was hoping to find out if when winlogbeat writes to elasticsearch the field '@timestamp' can be renamed/remapped to something i can get to with javascript when i get the records out.

I located such article  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/winlogbeat/7.8/processor-timestamp.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/winlogbeat/7.8/processor-timestamp.html)  
and played with yml file and started and stoped the winlogbeat, but to no avail. Maybe i'm missing something. Please let me know!

As well i would like to find out as this is in version 7.8, why and who thought this would be a great idea to prefix a field name with a '@' sign and to place it in quotes??? And if such person came up with it, why was they not corrected by their peers and we need to remap/rename this field, all the other fields i can get to, but not the most important one of all. please see screens shot. Thank you very much!

![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/2/12b2087b89b6828220e3d2338a67e5602e50a76a.jpeg)

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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:** [August 19, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-timestamp-be-renamed-when-dumped-to-elasticsearch-version-7-8/242225/2 "2020-08-19T17:31:33Z")

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