# Date and time not accepting in json in version 6.7.2

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-and-time-not-accepting-in-json-in-version-6-7-2/182006>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 21, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-and-time-not-accepting-in-json-in-version-6-7-2/182006 "2019-05-21T13:14:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Pawan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Pawan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pawan)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-and-time-not-accepting-in-json-in-version-6-7-2/182006/1 "2019-05-21T13:14:56Z")

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Hi,  
simply this i am sening to elasticsearch its working.  
{"type":"req","timestamp":"2019-05-21","service\_id":"7SO4VAT14dvGUn3WyGxG"}

But if i am using  
from datetime import datetime  
t = datetime.now()  
{"type":"req","timestamp":str(t),"service\_id":"7SO4VAT14dvGUn3WyGxG"}  
Its not working. either not working epoch time.  
If i giving 2019-05-21 12:11:23 its also not working.

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-and-time-not-accepting-in-json-in-version-6-7-2/182006/2 "2019-05-22T08:08:45Z")

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are you maybe just missing ticks around the timestamp value, as this is supposed to be sent as a string?

--Alex

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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 19, 2019, 8:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-and-time-not-accepting-in-json-in-version-6-7-2/182006/3 "2019-06-19T08:21:36Z")

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Closed on June 19, 2019, 8:21am UTC

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