# Create new field with metadata content

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-new-field-with-metadata-content/136052
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [June 15, 2018, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-new-field-with-metadata-content/136052 "2018-06-15T08:33:27Z")
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### Author: ![dyl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@dyl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dyl)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-new-field-with-metadata-content/136052/3 "2018-06-15T13:49:32Z")

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I try to do that because in this case @save\_the\_date is empty .. Look at my first discussion with Badger on this subject to understand better :

> [@Method to timestamp my logstash events](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/method-to-timestamp-my-logstash-events/135888):
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> Hello everybody, I have this input log : INFO;0000;000001;\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* INFO;0000;000002;\* LOG D'EXECUTION \* INFO;0000;000003;\* /data/EDT/batchs/files/logs/MNS014MT-20180612-20180613-0105.log \* INFO;0000;000004;\* …

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