# Convert String to Date field within Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-string-to-date-field-within-kibana/94518>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 25, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-string-to-date-field-within-kibana/94518 "2017-07-25T17:03:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-string-to-date-field-within-kibana/94518/2 "2017-07-25T18:05:24Z")

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Upon further research, it looks like I can use the date filter:  
[Converting string to date](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/converting-string-to-date/26748/2)

So, I would like additional support if possible. My date would currently be formatted as MMM dd HH:mm:ss, will this field now be converted _without replacing the @timestamp field_ if I do the following?  
date { match =\> ["field\_name", "MMM dd HH:mm:ss"] }

Of course assuming the grok{} filter correctly parses the messages into their respective fields, would this work?

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