# Having Trouble parsing string like '20170705T104907-0400' into date using date filter

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-trouble-parsing-string-like-20170705t104907-0400-into-date-using-date-filter/91955>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 5, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-trouble-parsing-string-like-20170705t104907-0400-into-date-using-date-filter/91955 "2017-07-05T16:09:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![aman\_yadav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@aman\_yadav](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aman_yadav)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-trouble-parsing-string-like-20170705t104907-0400-into-date-using-date-filter/91955/1 "2017-07-05T16:09:24Z")

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date {  
match =\> ["startDate", "yyyyMMddTHHmmssz"]  
target =\> "@timestamp"  
}  
I tried this but because of 'T' in match, logstash gives me error.

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-trouble-parsing-string-like-20170705t104907-0400-into-date-using-date-filter/91955/2 "2017-07-05T17:33:11Z")

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Use `'T'` instead of `T` (and `Z` instead of `z`).

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**Author:** ![aman\_yadav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@aman\_yadav](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aman_yadav)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-trouble-parsing-string-like-20170705t104907-0400-into-date-using-date-filter/91955/3 "2017-07-05T17:40:19Z")

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> [@aman\_yadav](#):
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> "yyyyMMdd'T'HHmmssZ"

It worked.  
You are awesome. Thanks.

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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:** [August 2, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-trouble-parsing-string-like-20170705t104907-0400-into-date-using-date-filter/91955/4 "2017-08-02T17:40:23Z")

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