# Epoch unix to date

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/epoch-unix-to-date/196364>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 22, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/epoch-unix-to-date/196364 "2019-08-22T16:24:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/epoch-unix-to-date/196364/2 "2019-08-22T17:58:26Z")

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You can convert it to a timestamp using

```
date { match => ["timeStamp", "UNIX"] }

```

If instead you want it as a string in a particular format you could [do that too](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-field-being-converted-to-timestamps/180044/4).

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