# Date field being converted to timestamps

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-field-being-converted-to-timestamps/180044>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 7, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-field-being-converted-to-timestamps/180044 "2019-05-07T18:28:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-field-being-converted-to-timestamps/180044/2 "2019-05-07T18:37:33Z")

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If it is a Logstash::TimeStamp then it is going to be in UTC and it is going to look like 2019-05-07T15:41:42.010Z. You can convert it to a string, perhaps formatting it with ruby filter and strftime, but of course then it will not be a date, just a string.

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