# Datafeed not respecting start date **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-machine-learning\ **Created:** [March 20, 2019, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/datafeed-not-respecting-start-date/173135 "2019-03-20T12:10:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AitorF](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aitorf/32/42418_2.png) [@AitorF](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AitorF)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/datafeed-not-respecting-start-date/173135/1 "2019-03-20T12:10:17Z")
My datafeed is not processing data. When I start it using the web interface, I set a date in the past, but the _Job Messages_ tab always says something like: `Datafeed started (from: 2019-03-20T11:45:00.000Z to: real-time) with frequency [450000ms]`, where `from` data is always now. That message makes me think the datafeed is processing data from _now_ on. I am missunderstanding something? I want the job to process data from some point in the past. I am using the _"A full stack in one command"_, version 6.6.2. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![richcollier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/richcollier/32/115035_2.png) [@richcollier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/richcollier)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/datafeed-not-respecting-start-date/173135/2 "2019-03-20T15:22:13Z")
Has the job already processed data from the past? Perhaps that's why... Perhaps you can copy/paste the job's JSON from the jobs UI or from the API: `GET _xpack/ml/anomaly_detectors/yourjobname` `GET _xpack/ml/anomaly_detectors/yourjobname/_stats` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/datafeed-not-respecting-start-date/173135/3 "2019-04-17T15:22:19Z")
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