# ElasticSearch dynamic\_date\_formats is not working if there is a mapping in the index (even if empty)
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dynamic-date-formats-is-not-working-if-there-is-a-mapping-in-the-index-even-if-empty/21686
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 16, 2015, 12:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dynamic-date-formats-is-not-working-if-there-is-a-mapping-in-the-index-even-if-empty/21686 "2015-01-16T12:29:06Z")
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### Author:  [@Ipatios\_Asmanidis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ipatios_Asmanidis)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2015, 12:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dynamic-date-formats-is-not-working-if-there-is-a-mapping-in-the-index-even-if-empty/21686/1 "2015-01-16T12:29:06Z")
Using version : 1.4.2
OS: Ubuntu Linux 14.04
JVM: 1.7
Here is how you can reproduce the issue ... you will see that in the first
case the myfield properties is applied only ... and in the second
everything looks normal ...
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### Author:  [@SergeyTsalkov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SergeyTsalkov)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2015, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dynamic-date-formats-is-not-working-if-there-is-a-mapping-in-the-index-even-if-empty/21686/2 "2015-01-26T09:26:22Z")
I'm having this problem as well. I opened a bug for it
here: [dynamic\_date\_formats ignored if dynamic\_templates for date is present · Issue #9410 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/9410)
On Friday, January 16, 2015 at 4:29:06 AM UTC-8, Ipatios Asmanidis wrote:
> Using version : 1.4.2
> OS: Ubuntu Linux 14.04
> JVM: 1.7
>
> Here is how you can reproduce the issue ... you will see that in the first
> case the myfield properties is applied only ... and in the second
> everything looks normal ...
>
> [ElasticSearch dynamic\_date\_formats is not applied if there is a mapping created with the index · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/ypasmk/df441c24a7de0f8ceb69)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dynamic-date-formats-is-not-working-if-there-is-a-mapping-in-the-index-even-if-empty/21686/3 "2017-07-06T00:36:41Z")