# Format date field as a string?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/format-date-field-as-a-string/222733>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 9, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/format-date-field-as-a-string/222733 "2020-03-09T14:46:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/format-date-field-as-a-string/222733/2 "2020-03-09T14:54:13Z")

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Read through [this thread](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-change-day-and-month-position/221606/12).

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