# How can I parse a date containing character T

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-parse-a-date-containing-character-t/125432>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 24, 2018, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-parse-a-date-containing-character-t/125432 "2018-03-24T09:17:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![elasticheart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elasticheart/32/65189_2.png) [@elasticheart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticheart)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-parse-a-date-containing-character-t/125432/1 "2018-03-24T09:17:50Z")

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Hi,

I am using Logstash GA 5.0.0. I have a date field like `2018-03-23T13:14:33.419Z`. I am using data filter pattern `yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ`. My logstash is throwing error. How can I fix this?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![elasticheart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elasticheart/32/65189_2.png) [@elasticheart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticheart)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-parse-a-date-containing-character-t/125432/2 "2018-03-24T09:31:19Z")

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I tried `ISO8601` and it fixed problem

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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:** [April 21, 2018, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-parse-a-date-containing-character-t/125432/3 "2018-04-21T09:31:26Z")

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