# Date math query, fields older than 5 mins

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-math-query-fields-older-than-5-mins/90499>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 22, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-math-query-fields-older-than-5-mins/90499 "2017-06-22T16:44:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jack\_Judge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jack_judge/32/85499_2.png) [@Jack\_Judge](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jack_Judge)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-math-query-fields-older-than-5-mins/90499/1 "2017-06-22T16:44:49Z")

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Hi,  
I have what I hope is a very simple question. My index has a field "query.start", I need to find all records where that field is older than 5mins.  
I cannot use the timepicker for this. I really really can't.

**All I need is the query that I would type into the Kibana search bar.** That's the only thing I need. Anything else would be useless. I'm an engineer trying to solve a problem, that's my priority, learning and understanding come after the immediate problem is solved.

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**Author:** ![BigFunger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bigfunger/32/7323_2.png) [@BigFunger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BigFunger)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-math-query-fields-older-than-5-mins/90499/2 "2017-06-22T20:12:32Z")

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`query.start:(<now-5m)`

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Judge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jack_judge/32/85499_2.png) [@Jack\_Judge](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jack_Judge)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-math-query-fields-older-than-5-mins/90499/3 "2017-06-23T18:12:17Z")

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Many thanks sir.

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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:** [July 21, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-math-query-fields-older-than-5-mins/90499/4 "2017-07-21T18:12:20Z")

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