# How can I rename and reorder fields in Kibana?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-rename-and-reorder-fields-in-kibana/79914>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 24, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-rename-and-reorder-fields-in-kibana/79914 "2017-03-24T15:21:58Z")\
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You should be able to do this by giving the time field a custom field name, and then using the date filter plugin to make sure it's captured as a date type.

This discuss post outlines steps: [Converting string to date](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/converting-string-to-date/26748)

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