# Convert date to string string

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-date-to-string-string/181128
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [May 15, 2019, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-date-to-string-string/181128 "2019-05-15T08:45:19Z")
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#### Post date: [May 15, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-date-to-string-string/181128/3 "2019-05-15T12:28:49Z")

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> [@Yoav\_Ben\_Moha](#):
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> match =\> ["ING\_SIGNAL\_START\_TIME", "YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS"]

Your field does not have a space between the date and time it has +, so your pattern has to match that

```
match => ["ING_SIGNAL_START_TIME", "YYYY-MM-dd'+'HH:mm:ss.SSS"]

```

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