# Disabling dynamic date time formatting in python api or globally **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 15, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disabling-dynamic-date-time-formatting-in-python-api-or-globally/22175 "2015-02-15T13:44:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shahid\_Qadri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Shahid\_Qadri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shahid_Qadri)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disabling-dynamic-date-time-formatting-in-python-api-or-globally/22175/1 "2015-02-15T13:44:09Z")
guys getting this error ``` raise HTTP_EXCEPTIONS.get(status_code, TransportError)(status_code, ``` error\_message, additional\_info) RequestError: TransportError(400, u'MapperParsingException[failed to parse [SOURCES.DATE\_COMP]]; nested: MapperParsingException[failed to parse date field [--], tried both date format [dateOptionalTime], and timestamp number with locale []]; nested: IllegalArgumentException[Invalid format: "--"]; ') -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5c56a9a-edea-4006-a8f3-9b676b8f7b45%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5c56a9a-edea-4006-a8f3-9b676b8f7b45%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disabling-dynamic-date-time-formatting-in-python-api-or-globally/22175/2 "2015-02-15T13:58:50Z")
Sounds like "--" is not a valid date. -- David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > Le 15 févr. 2015 à 14:44, Shahid Qadri [shahid@trialx.com](mailto:shahid@trialx.com) a écrit : > > guys getting this error > > ``` > raise HTTP_EXCEPTIONS.get(status_code, TransportError)(status_code, error_message, additional_info) > > ``` > > ## RequestError: TransportError(400, u'MapperParsingException[failed to parse [SOURCES.DATE\_COMP]]; nested: MapperParsingException[failed to parse date field [--], tried both date format [dateOptionalTime], and timestamp number with locale ]; nested: IllegalArgumentException[Invalid format: "--"]; ') > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5c56a9a-edea-4006-a8f3-9b676b8f7b45%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5c56a9a-edea-4006-a8f3-9b676b8f7b45%40googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5F39E1DF-6044-446B-B5C2-ADC5E41F30E1%40pilato.fr](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5F39E1DF-6044-446B-B5C2-ADC5E41F30E1%40pilato.fr). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Shahid\_Qadri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Shahid\_Qadri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shahid_Qadri)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disabling-dynamic-date-time-formatting-in-python-api-or-globally/22175/3 "2015-02-15T14:42:57Z")
i know i just want to disable automatic date conversion as my date strings are not in valid format(they can be empty as well) On Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 7:29:59 PM UTC+5:30, David Pilato wrote: > Sounds like "--" is not a valid date. > > -- > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > Le 15 févr. 2015 à 14:44, Shahid Qadri \<[sha...@trialx.com](mailto:sha...@trialx.com) \\> > a écrit : > > guys getting this error > > ``` > raise HTTP_EXCEPTIONS.get(status_code, TransportError)(status_code, > > ``` > > error\_message, additional\_info) > RequestError: TransportError(400, u'MapperParsingException[failed to parse > [SOURCES.DATE\_COMP]]; nested: MapperParsingException[failed to parse date > field [--], tried both date format [dateOptionalTime], and timestamp number > with locale ]; nested: IllegalArgumentException[Invalid format: "--"]; ') > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5c56a9a-edea-4006-a8f3-9b676b8f7b45%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5c56a9a-edea-4006-a8f3-9b676b8f7b45%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5c56a9a-edea-4006-a8f3-9b676b8f7b45%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5c56a9a-edea-4006-a8f3-9b676b8f7b45%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/982a26f7-fa99-45ce-a9cf-07b8f9ea86a7%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/982a26f7-fa99-45ce-a9cf-07b8f9ea86a7%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disabling-dynamic-date-time-formatting-in-python-api-or-globally/22175/4 "2015-02-15T23:32:15Z")
Set the mapping for this field to be a string. [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-core-types.html#string) [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-core-types.html#string](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-core-types.html#string) It won’t be converted as a date. -- David Pilato | Technical Advocate | [Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com) @dadoonet [https://twitter.com/dadoonet](https://twitter.com/dadoonet) | @elasticsearchfr [https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr](https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr) | @scrutmydocs [https://twitter.com/scrutmydocs](https://twitter.com/scrutmydocs) > Le 15 févr. 2015 à 15:42, Shahid Qadri [shahid@trialx.com](mailto:shahid@trialx.com) a écrit : > > i know i just want to disable automatic date conversion as my date strings are not in valid format(they can be empty as well) > > On Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 7:29:59 PM UTC+5:30, David Pilato wrote: > Sounds like "--" is not a valid date. > > -- > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > Le 15 févr. 2015 à 14:44, Shahid Qadri \<[sha...@trialx.com](mailto:sha...@trialx.com) \\> a écrit : > > > guys getting this error > > > > ``` > > raise HTTP_EXCEPTIONS.get(status_code, TransportError)(status_code, error_message, additional_info) > > > > ``` > > > > RequestError: TransportError(400, u'MapperParsingException[failed to parse [SOURCES.DATE\_COMP]]; nested: MapperParsingException[failed to parse date field [--], tried both date format [dateOptionalTime], and timestamp number with locale ]; nested: IllegalArgumentException[Invalid format: "--"]; ') > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5c56a9a-edea-4006-a8f3-9b676b8f7b45%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5c56a9a-edea-4006-a8f3-9b676b8f7b45%40googlegroups.com) [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5c56a9a-edea-4006-a8f3-9b676b8f7b45%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5c56a9a-edea-4006-a8f3-9b676b8f7b45%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout) [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com) [mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/982a26f7-fa99-45ce-a9cf-07b8f9ea86a7%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/982a26f7-fa99-45ce-a9cf-07b8f9ea86a7%40googlegroups.com) [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/982a26f7-fa99-45ce-a9cf-07b8f9ea86a7%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/982a26f7-fa99-45ce-a9cf-07b8f9ea86a7%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout) [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/55B0B9AD-38B6-4625-972E-4B0438DFC899%40pilato.fr](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/55B0B9AD-38B6-4625-972E-4B0438DFC899%40pilato.fr). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disabling-dynamic-date-time-formatting-in-python-api-or-globally/22175/5 "2017-07-06T00:32:39Z")