# Does Filebeat's timestamp processor need the source field to only contain the time?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-filebeats-timestamp-processor-need-the-source-field-to-only-contain-the-time/309130>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [July 7, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-filebeats-timestamp-processor-need-the-source-field-to-only-contain-the-time/309130 "2022-07-07T16:28:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-filebeats-timestamp-processor-need-the-source-field-to-only-contain-the-time/309130/7 "2022-07-20T20:20:01Z")

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Ok just so that we have a good thread.

Open an new thread something along the "Parse message and set timestamp with ingest Processor"

In please include the a full sample document as it appears in elasticsearch in json..

Also include what kind of filebeat input you are using / your filebeat config.

Then we can go from there.

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