# Date Format - Elastic index mapping - Please help

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-format-elastic-index-mapping-please-help/241008>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 13, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-format-elastic-index-mapping-please-help/241008 "2020-07-13T16:01:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-format-elastic-index-mapping-please-help/241008/1 "2020-07-13T16:01:27Z")

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Hi, In my log, i have date value for a date field as : "dateOfTravel":"2020-07-14 11:49"

What should be the date format for the "dateofTravel" DataType when I set the mappings in the index. I have used below

```auto
"dateOfTravel" : {
                            "type" : "date",
			     "format": "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm"
                          } 

Is this correct ?
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**Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-format-elastic-index-mapping-please-help/241008/2 "2020-08-10T16:01:31Z")

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