# Date incorrectly parsed

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-incorrectly-parsed/294571>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [January 17, 2022, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-incorrectly-parsed/294571 "2022-01-17T11:21:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![nino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@nino](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nino)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-incorrectly-parsed/294571/1 "2022-01-17T11:21:15Z")

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Hello,

i can't get this date parsed correctly

20220113T21:00:18.965901

```auto
date {
     match => ["fill_date", "yyyMMdd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS"]
     target => "@timestamp"
}

```

Best

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**Author:** ![grumo35](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/grumo35/32/59451_2.png) [@grumo35](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/grumo35)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-incorrectly-parsed/294571/2 "2022-01-17T12:29:30Z")

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Hi,

you should try without single quotting.

something like "yyyyMMddTHH:mm:ss"

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**Author:** ![nino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@nino](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nino)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-incorrectly-parsed/294571/3 "2022-01-17T13:26:27Z")

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Thanks grumo35 but it doesn't work

```auto
date {
  match => ["fill_date", "yyyMMddTHH:mm:ss.SSSSSS"]     
  target => "@timestamp"
}

It throws an error

```

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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:** [January 17, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-incorrectly-parsed/294571/4 "2022-01-17T13:37:41Z")

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> [@nino](#):
>
> `"yyyMMdd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS"`

This format starts with 3 `y`s but 4 `y`s is correct.

It worked fine for me.

```auto
PUT /test_datetime/
{
  "mappings": {
    "properties": {
      "date": {
        "type": "date",
        "format": ["yyyyMMdd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS"]
      }
    }
  }
}

POST /test_datetime/_doc
{
  "date": "20220113T21:00:18.965901"
}
-> ok

POST /test_datetime/_doc
{
  "date": "20220113T21:00:18"
}
-> error

GET /test_datetime/_search

```

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**Author:** ![nino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@nino](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nino)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-incorrectly-parsed/294571/5 "2022-01-17T14:03:09Z")

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Many thanks Tomo\_M & Grumo35 it was my fault, yyyy instead of yyy

Best

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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 14, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-incorrectly-parsed/294571/6 "2022-02-14T14:03:21Z")

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