# How to search fields with dates in KQL

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-fields-with-dates-in-kql/206673
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** kql-kibana-query-language
**Created:** [November 5, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-fields-with-dates-in-kql/206673 "2019-11-05T20:35:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![reswob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/reswob/32/38015_2.png) [@reswob](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/reswob)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-fields-with-dates-in-kql/206673/1 "2019-11-05T20:35:58Z")

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So this link:

> **[Improving Kibana’s Query Language](https://www.elastic.co/blog/improving-kibanas-query-language)**
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> Find out how Kibana's new query language is simplifying search and unlocking powerful new features -- like autocomplete.

  
nor this link:  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/kuery-query.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/kuery-query.html)

document how to use KQL to search fields with dates. We have a creation\_date field (not the @timestamp) and would like to search on it. When I tried to search:

creation\_date \> 2019-11-04T09:00:00

it told me that I was using lucene syntax. I also tried:

creation\_date \> -2d

But got an error.

Is there a page/post that has already covered this?

Thanks

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### Author: ![reswob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/reswob/32/38015_2.png) [@reswob](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/reswob)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-fields-with-dates-in-kql/206673/2 "2019-11-05T20:48:54Z")

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It SEEMS to be this link: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.3/common-options.html#date-math](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.3/common-options.html#date-math)

But I still get complaints that I'm using lucene...

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### Author: ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-fields-with-dates-in-kql/206673/3 "2019-11-18T17:35:56Z")

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There is a selector at the end of the search bar that lets you switch from Lucene to KQL. I think starting 7.4.0 KQL has been made the default one.

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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: [December 16, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-fields-with-dates-in-kql/206673/4 "2019-12-16T17:43:20Z")

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