# Elastic Maximum Amount of Date Fields in an Index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-maximum-amount-of-date-fields-in-an-index/305181>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 19, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-maximum-amount-of-date-fields-in-an-index/305181 "2022-05-19T11:51:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![rmarchman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rmarchman/32/105885_2.png) [@rmarchman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rmarchman)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-maximum-amount-of-date-fields-in-an-index/305181/1 "2022-05-19T11:51:18Z")

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Hi,  
I am looking for assistance regarding date fields in Elastic. I have a CSV file with 5 separate date columns, all formatted as ISO 8601 dates. After importing the file into Kibana, only the first 2 date columns were read as date fields. The remaining 3 were all read as strings. I have been searching for answers on this and have seen some say they are only able to import 2 date fields per index as well. I am looking for confirmation on if this is true or if there is a way to have more than 2 date fields per index. Any help is greatly appreciated!

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**Author:** ![ibra\_013](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ibra_013/32/104827_2.png) [@ibra\_013](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ibra_013)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-maximum-amount-of-date-fields-in-an-index/305181/2 "2022-05-19T13:35:57Z")

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Hi @rmarchman welcome to the community,

can you show us an example of the dates?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-maximum-amount-of-date-fields-in-an-index/305181/3 "2022-05-19T22:52:31Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

You can set as many date fields as you want, just use the advanced options when importing to set the types.

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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:** [June 16, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-maximum-amount-of-date-fields-in-an-index/305181/4 "2022-06-16T22:53:12Z")

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