# Date Format in Data Table

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-format-in-data-table/163612>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 9, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-format-in-data-table/163612 "2019-01-09T19:25:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![aliirz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aliirz/32/39605_2.png) [@aliirz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aliirz)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-format-in-data-table/163612/1 "2019-01-09T19:25:12Z")

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Hi All

I am new to kibana and really loving it so far. I created a very basic data table visualiation from a index. I am trying ti change the date format to yyyy-mm-dd but I dont know how to do it. Here is what my data table looks like right now:

[![](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/80wexqqxoxu8v2c/Screenshot%202019-01-10%2000.23.55.png?dl=0) ](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/80wexqqxoxu8v2c/Screenshot%202019-01-10%2000.23.55.png?dl=0)

Can someone please help guide this noob into how I can go about this. I am trying to change the format of the Lead Date column to yyyy-mm-dd

Best

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**Author:** ![Bill\_McConaghy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Bill\_McConaghy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bill_McConaghy)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-format-in-data-table/163612/2 "2019-01-10T14:15:54Z")

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You can use a Date Field Formatter to configure the format used for dates.  
See these parts of the Kibana docs for details:  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-fields.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-fields.html)  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/field-formatters-date.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/field-formatters-date.html)

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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:** [February 7, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-format-in-data-table/163612/3 "2019-02-07T14:18:34Z")

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