# Extract date from message

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extract-date-from-message/127404>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [April 10, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extract-date-from-message/127404 "2018-04-10T01:37:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![las](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5f9b8f/32.png) [@las](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/las)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extract-date-from-message/127404/1 "2018-04-10T01:37:30Z")

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Can filebeat extract date from log message before sending to outputs like elastic search or kafka?

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**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 11:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extract-date-from-message/127404/2 "2018-04-10T11:12:50Z")

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If the log is in JSON and the timestamp field is named `@timestamp`, yes. Otherwise, no. Filebeat modules make use of Ingest Node in Elasticsearch for parsing the timestamps.

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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:** [May 8, 2018, 11:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extract-date-from-message/127404/3 "2018-05-08T11:12:58Z")

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