# How to use date\_range field in kibana?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-date-range-field-in-kibana/224628>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 23, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-date-range-field-in-kibana/224628 "2020-03-23T09:13:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yungyoung\_Ok](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yungyoung_ok/32/43465_2.png) [@Yungyoung\_Ok](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yungyoung_Ok)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-date-range-field-in-kibana/224628/1 "2020-03-23T09:13:25Z")

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Can I use date\_range field in kibana?

for example,  
index:  
time: {  
"type":"date\_range",  
"format":"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"  
}

create index\_pattern in kibana,  
I want to select time field as the @timestamp field.

is it possible?

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**Author:** ![flash1293](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/flash1293/32/41227_2.png) [@flash1293](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/flash1293)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-date-range-field-in-kibana/224628/2 "2020-03-23T13:59:43Z")

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This is currently not possible, here is the Github issue to follow along: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/12751](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/12751)

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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 20, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-date-range-field-in-kibana/224628/3 "2020-04-20T13:59:44Z")

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