# Data format issue

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-format-issue/179941>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 7, 2019, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-format-issue/179941 "2019-05-07T11:04:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ravindra\_Nath](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ravindra_nath/32/45153_2.png) [@Ravindra\_Nath](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ravindra_Nath)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-format-issue/179941/1 "2019-05-07T11:04:37Z")

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Is there any possibility for logstash to take @timestamp from the log field and my date format coming from mysql is "Tue Apr 30 17:04:35 IST 2019" which is in VARCHAR and also want to change the format to which elastic search accepts.

![date_format](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/6/265ff8fa0b0576fb22cb0f9ffb372f895a8f50b0.png)

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-format-issue/179941/2 "2019-06-04T11:04:40Z")

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