# Changing a Json term to become the timestamp

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-a-json-term-to-become-the-timestamp/75908>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 21, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-a-json-term-to-become-the-timestamp/75908 "2017-02-21T15:53:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-a-json-term-to-become-the-timestamp/75908/2 "2017-02-21T16:52:14Z")

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hi @tomer,

I think you'll find better luck in the Beats forum indeed: cf. [Changing a term in a json to become the timestamp from filebeat](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-a-term-in-a-json-to-become-the-timestamp-from-filebeat/75907)

One thing you can consider in Kibana (but I wouldn't recommend it), is using a scripted field to convert that time-stamp to a date. To get started, see [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/scripted-fields.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/scripted-fields.html). That way, you'll convert the time-stamp on-the-fly at query-time instead of index-time.

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