# Current timestamp
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/current-timestamp/156850
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 15, 2018, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/current-timestamp/156850 "2018-11-15T12:08:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Animesh\_singh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Animesh_singh)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2018, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/current-timestamp/156850/1 "2018-11-15T12:08:03Z")
hey experts,
Can anyone help me with obtaining the timestamp of a document when it was indexed ?
value should be given by elastic search server .
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### Author:  [@abdon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abdon)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/current-timestamp/156850/2 "2018-11-16T13:16:51Z")
By default, Elasticsearch will not be able tell you when a document was indexed. If this is something you need to know, you will have to add a field with a timestamp to your documents yourself, when you index those. You can for example use an [ingest pipeline](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/ingest.html) for that.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/current-timestamp/156850/3 "2018-12-14T13:16:51Z")
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