# How to specifiy the timefield to be used in Timelion?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-specifiy-the-timefield-to-be-used-in-timelion/78821>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 16, 2017, 9:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-specifiy-the-timefield-to-be-used-in-timelion/78821 "2017-03-16T09:14:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![kiran\_kumar\_sukumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kiran_kumar_sukumar/32/16319_2.png) [@kiran\_kumar\_sukumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kiran_kumar_sukumar)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 9:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-specifiy-the-timefield-to-be-used-in-timelion/78821/1 "2017-03-16T09:14:50Z")

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Hi,  
Im plotting a time series where one of the timeseries will be plotted based on the timestamp but the other one will be plotted based on the "Execution Date" as the time.

How do i do this in Timelion ?

Regards  
Kiran

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-specifiy-the-timefield-to-be-used-in-timelion/78821/2 "2017-03-16T09:15:24Z")

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Use `timefield=YOURFIELDNAME`,

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**Author:** ![kiran\_kumar\_sukumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kiran_kumar_sukumar/32/16319_2.png) [@kiran\_kumar\_sukumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kiran_kumar_sukumar)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-specifiy-the-timefield-to-be-used-in-timelion/78821/3 "2017-03-16T09:18:30Z")

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Thanks a Ton

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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:** [April 13, 2017, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-specifiy-the-timefield-to-be-used-in-timelion/78821/4 "2017-04-13T09:18:51Z")

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