# Elasticsearch 5.0 and Date field

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-0-and-date-field/65287>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 7, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-0-and-date-field/65287 "2016-11-07T22:36:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![EuclideanSearch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@EuclideanSearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EuclideanSearch)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-0-and-date-field/65287/1 "2016-11-07T22:36:12Z")

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Hi,

Quick question on ES 5.0 . I understand that indexing on numeric fields has been significantly improved; so if there is a date field (which I assume is stored as a unix time), I would expect that the search improvement would extend to time as well. Can anyone confirm/deny this?

Cheers,  
EuclideanSearch

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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:** [December 5, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-0-and-date-field/65287/2 "2016-12-05T22:36:15Z")

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