# How to Search elasticsearch Indexes name filter on Index Creation date

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-elasticsearch-indexes-name-filter-on-index-creation-date/259479
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 23, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-elasticsearch-indexes-name-filter-on-index-creation-date/259479 "2020-12-23T12:13:58Z")
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### Author: ![AClerk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aclerk/32/55297_2.png) [@AClerk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AClerk)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-elasticsearch-indexes-name-filter-on-index-creation-date/259479/2 "2020-12-23T23:24:21Z")

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You cannot use the `creation.date` in your query.  
Please read - [Searching Indexes based on Index Creation date](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-indexes-based-on-index-creation-date/52684)

Alternatively, you can sort. and then copy&paste to a spreadsheet for example.

```auto
GET /_cat/indices?h=h,s,i,id,p,r,dc,dd,ss,creation.date.string&s=creation.date.string:desc

```

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