# Convert unix time to date
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-unix-time-to-date/128638
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [April 19, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-unix-time-to-date/128638 "2018-04-19T07:04:54Z")
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### Author:  [@linsie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/linsie)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-unix-time-to-date/128638/1 "2018-04-19T07:04:54Z")
logstash version : 2.4.1
unix time : 1522092794000
date : 2018-04-10
hello everyone,
I want to convert the unix time to date , so how can I do this with date filter ? Thanks so much !
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### Author:  [@yaauie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yaauie)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2018, 7:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-unix-time-to-date/128638/2 "2018-04-19T07:08:35Z")
> - `UNIX_MS` - will parse _int_ value expressing unix time in milliseconds since epoch like 1366125117000
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> -- [Logstash Date Filter Plugin docs -- `match`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-filters-date.html#plugins-filters-date-match)
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### Author:  [@linsie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/linsie)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2018, 7:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-unix-time-to-date/128638/3 "2018-04-19T07:13:51Z")
Thanks your reply,
as you say like this,
date{
match =\> ["mytime", "UNIX"]
}
so after this how can I do ?
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### Author:  [@yaauie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yaauie)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-unix-time-to-date/128638/4 "2018-04-19T16:05:59Z")
The timestamp you gave is more likely than not a _millisecond_-granularity timestamp, in which case you will need the `UNIX_MS` format string (otherwise you will end up with a timestamp tens of thousands of years in the future).
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-unix-time-to-date/128638/5 "2018-05-17T16:06:01Z")
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