# How to write query for free text elastic search for date field
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-write-query-for-free-text-elastic-search-for-date-field/147151
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 4, 2018, 6:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-write-query-for-free-text-elastic-search-for-date-field/147151 "2018-09-04T06:16:15Z")
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### Author:  [@UrmilaKA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/UrmilaKA)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2018, 6:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-write-query-for-free-text-elastic-search-for-date-field/147151/1 "2018-09-04T06:16:15Z")
Hi,
Currently the Date field is stored as long. How should I write free text elastic search query for finding the date.
in search text: 09/04/2018
data in elastic search: date: 1536041715846
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2018, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-write-query-for-free-text-elastic-search-for-date-field/147151/2 "2018-09-04T06:30:20Z")
> Currently the Date field is stored as long
Do you mean that the mapping is a long for that field?
If so, change the type for that field to be a `date` instead.
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### Author:  [@UrmilaKA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/UrmilaKA)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2018, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-write-query-for-free-text-elastic-search-for-date-field/147151/3 "2018-09-04T09:04:04Z")
Thankyou
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2018, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-write-query-for-free-text-elastic-search-for-date-field/147151/4 "2018-10-02T09:04:06Z")
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