# Enabled \_timestamp but don't see timestamp in document

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enabled--timestamp-but-dont-see-timestamp-in-document/6807>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 25, 2012, 8:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enabled--timestamp-but-dont-see-timestamp-in-document/6807 "2012-02-25T08:57:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jamshid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@Jamshid](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jamshid)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 8:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enabled--timestamp-but-dont-see-timestamp-in-document/6807/1 "2012-02-25T08:57:34Z")

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I must be missing something from:

[http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/mapping/timestamp-field.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/mapping/timestamp-field.html)

because I enable \_timestamp but I don't see it returned in a search.

Is my mapping correct? How do I see the timestamp field?

curl -XDELETE [http://localhost:9200/twitter](http://localhost:9200/twitter)  
curl -XPUT [http://localhost:9200/twitter](http://localhost:9200/twitter)  
curl -XPUT [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/_mapping) -d  
'{ "tweet" : { "\_timestamp" : { "enabled" : true, "store" :  
true } } }'  
curl -XPUT [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/8?timestamp=2009-11-15T14%3A12%3A12](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/8?timestamp=2009-11-15T14%3A12%3A12)  
-d '{ "user" : "kimchy", "message" : "trying out Elastic Search" }'  
curl [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/8](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/8)  
...  
{"\_index":"twitter","\_type":"tweet","\_id":"8","\_version":  
1,"exists":true, "\_source" : { "user" : "kimchy", "message" : "trying  
out Elastic Search" }}

Thanks,  
Jamshid

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**Author:** ![Benjamin\_Deveze](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/benjamin_deveze/32/1577_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Deveze](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Benjamin_Deveze)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enabled--timestamp-but-dont-see-timestamp-in-document/6807/2 "2012-02-25T09:07:20Z")

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Hey Jamshid,

you have to explicit ask for the \_timestamp fields to be returned so the  
last call should be:

curl  
'[http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/8?pretty=1&fields=\_source,\_timestamp](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/8?pretty=1&fields=_source,_timestamp)'

On Saturday, February 25, 2012 9:57:34 AM UTC+1, Jamshid wrote:

> I must be missing something from:
> 
> [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/mapping/timestamp-field.html)
> 
> because I enable \_timestamp but I don't see it returned in a search.
> 
> Is my mapping correct? How do I see the timestamp field?
> 
> curl -XDELETE [http://localhost:9200/twitter](http://localhost:9200/twitter)  
> curl -XPUT [http://localhost:9200/twitter](http://localhost:9200/twitter)  
> curl -XPUT [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/_mapping) -d  
> '{ "tweet" : { "\_timestamp" : { "enabled" : true, "store" :  
> true } } }'  
> curl -XPUT [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/8?timestamp=2009-11-15T14%3A12%3A12](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/8?timestamp=2009-11-15T14%3A12%3A12)
> 
> -d[http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/8?timestamp=2009-11-15T14%3A12%3A12-d](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/8?timestamp=2009-11-15T14%3A12%3A12-d)'{ "user" : "kimchy", "message" : "trying out Elastic Search" }'  
> curl [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/8](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/8)  
> ...  
> {"\_index":"twitter","\_type":"tweet","\_id":"8","\_version":  
> 1,"exists":true, "\_source" : { "user" : "kimchy", "message" : "trying  
> out Elastic Search" }}
> 
> Thanks,  
> Jamshid

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enabled--timestamp-but-dont-see-timestamp-in-document/6807/3 "2017-07-06T03:38:23Z")

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