# How can I set current time in field
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-set-current-time-in-field/157542
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [November 20, 2018, 12:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-set-current-time-in-field/157542 "2018-11-20T12:22:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@2501492a6edd02b1386b](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/2501492a6edd02b1386b)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2018, 12:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-set-current-time-in-field/157542/1 "2018-11-20T12:22:25Z")
Hi,
Could you please share with me info how I can to set current system time in field "@timestamp".
In my case, I successfully copy field with @timestamp in filed "real\_timestamp".
And then I would like to set @timestamp with system time of the server we logstash running.
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### Author:  [@Eniqmatic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eniqmatic)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-set-current-time-in-field/157542/2 "2018-11-20T14:01:40Z")
You could try the following:
```
ruby {
code => "event.set('systemtime', Time.now());"
}
```
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### Author:  [@2501492a6edd02b1386b](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/2501492a6edd02b1386b)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2018, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-set-current-time-in-field/157542/3 "2018-11-21T10:11:07Z")
Hi guys,
Thanx @Eniqmatic
I've done this job with the following config:
```
mutate {
add_field => { "realtimestamp" => "%{@timestamp}" }
}
ruby {
code => "event.set('logstash_processed_at', Time.now());"
}
mutate {
convert => { "logstash_processed_at" => "string" }
}
date {
match => ["logstash_processed_at", "ISO8601"]
target => "@timestamp"
add_tag => "timestamp_changed"
}
```
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### Author:  [@Eniqmatic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eniqmatic)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2018, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-set-current-time-in-field/157542/4 "2018-11-21T10:19:44Z")
Correct well done!
Please mark as solved! 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2018, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-set-current-time-in-field/157542/5 "2018-12-19T10:19:48Z")
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