# ES 6.3 doesnot pickup date type feilds

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-6-3-doesnot-pickup-date-type-feilds/141481>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 25, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-6-3-doesnot-pickup-date-type-feilds/141481 "2018-07-25T04:49:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![nikhilkvn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikhilkvn/32/85872_2.png) [@nikhilkvn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nikhilkvn)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-6-3-doesnot-pickup-date-type-feilds/141481/1 "2018-07-25T04:49:35Z")

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I was trying to copy my data from dev to test environments.

dev = 6.2X  
test = 6.3x

6.3X  
"time": {  
"type": "text",  
"fields": {  
"keyword": {  
"type": "keyword",  
"ignore\_above": 256  
}  
}

6.2X  
"time": {  
"type": "date"  
}

the default mapping for date field is not being picked up automatically (for timestamps type data)  
further unable to create index patterns in kibana as it cannot see any timestamp field.  
please comment.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 7:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-6-3-doesnot-pickup-date-type-feilds/141481/2 "2018-07-25T07:20:45Z")

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How did you copy?

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**Author:** ![nikhilkvn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikhilkvn/32/85872_2.png) [@nikhilkvn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nikhilkvn)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-6-3-doesnot-pickup-date-type-feilds/141481/3 "2018-08-06T07:24:27Z")

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hi david,

I have used the helpers from Python API  
precisely the following

helpers.reindex(client=es1,target\_client=es2, source\_index='user\_data',target\_index='user\_data')

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 8:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-6-3-doesnot-pickup-date-type-feilds/141481/4 "2018-08-06T08:10:32Z")

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So you did not create the mapping in the 6.3 cluster before copying?  
Then that is expected.

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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:** [September 3, 2018, 8:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-6-3-doesnot-pickup-date-type-feilds/141481/5 "2018-09-03T08:10:33Z")

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Closed on September 3, 2018, 8:10am UTC

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