# \_dateparsefailure while using JDBC plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dateparsefailure-while-using-jdbc-plugin/374595>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 16, 2025, 11:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dateparsefailure-while-using-jdbc-plugin/374595 "2025-02-16T11:15:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dateparsefailure-while-using-jdbc-plugin/374595/2 "2025-02-16T12:01:46Z")

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Sorry to ask a redundant question but i belive this is a duplicate question.

> [@\_dateparsefailure in ISO8601 date strings](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dateparsefailure-in-iso8601-date-strings/292799):
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> I want to pull logs from an mssql server and parse their date strings. unfortunately I can not figure out why it can not parse the date. My filter looks like this: filter { date { match =\> ["evtime", "ISO8601"] timezone =\> "UTC" target =\> "@timestamp" add\_field =\> { "debug" =\> "timestampMatched"} } fingerprint { source =\> ["@timestamp", "evhost", "evinfo"] method =\> "SHA1" target =\> "[@metadata][generated\_id]" } } It does not work if there is a timezone option or not. The entrys …

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