# Error when converting Date

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-converting-date/26306
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [July 26, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-converting-date/26306 "2015-07-26T16:09:40Z")
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### Author: ![simonrisberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/simonrisberg/32/3513_2.png) [@simonrisberg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/simonrisberg)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2015, 8:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-converting-date/26306/6 "2015-07-27T08:06:34Z")

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Don't know if this is a solution but you can have a look at my config.

> [@Get the right timestamp for old log files](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-the-right-timestamp-for-old-log-files/24943/38):
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> That is exactly the problem I'm having. The standard @timestamp is populated with the timestamp that is generated with the time I'm indexing the log instead of being populated with the timestamp from the events in the log itself. How do I make sure it's populated with the time from the log itself? I thought you had to use the date filter and in some way make Kibana use my own timestamp as the standard one.

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