# How to access date in inline groovy script

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-date-in-inline-groovy-script/43241
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 2, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-date-in-inline-groovy-script/43241 "2016-03-02T12:07:40Z")
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### Author: ![rohitkumarbhagat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@rohitkumarbhagat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rohitkumarbhagat)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-date-in-inline-groovy-script/43241/1 "2016-03-02T12:07:40Z")

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How can we access date type fields in inline groovy script as native Java Date Object. Currently its available as string while in update queries.

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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: [July 5, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-date-in-inline-groovy-script/43241/2 "2017-07-05T23:12:05Z")

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