# Date Histogram Visualization

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-histogram-visualization/296199
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [February 3, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-histogram-visualization/296199 "2022-02-03T13:49:26Z")
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### Author: ![kibanauser4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@kibanauser4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kibanauser4)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-histogram-visualization/296199/1 "2022-02-03T13:49:27Z")

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I have a Datetime field in my index and I want to show a visualization where I will be able to see in which hours my records are the most frequent. But when I use the Date Histogram and choose to show "per 2 hours" for example, I get intervals like 2022-02-03 15:00 - 2022-02-03 17:00 etc. - the actual date is included but I'm only interested in the hours summed up over the days. Can Kibana somehow ignore the date and just show the hour intervals?

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### Author: ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-histogram-visualization/296199/2 "2022-02-03T17:55:46Z")

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Would using the minimum interval - hour help?

 ![Screen Shot 2022-02-03 at 12.55.20 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/2/9204103704662378213d21a3567a664ba9e9f1f2.jpeg)

Thanks,  
Bhavya

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### Author: ![Tomo\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/848f3c/32.png) [@Tomo\_M](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tomo_M)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-histogram-visualization/296199/3 "2022-02-03T22:17:09Z")

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I suppose scripted fields for hourOfDay is good for you. I can find several similar topics and you may find more.

> [@Hour Scripted Field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hour-scripted-field/263416/3):
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> return doc['@timestamp'].value.getHour(); This works for me.

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### Author: ![kibanauser4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@kibanauser4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kibanauser4)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2022, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-histogram-visualization/296199/4 "2022-02-04T11:40:41Z")

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This is exactly the thing I needed, thanks a lot!

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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: [March 4, 2022, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-histogram-visualization/296199/5 "2022-03-04T11:40:56Z")

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