# I want to add a date column to my logstash with a date i choose not a timestamp hellpp
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-add-a-date-column-to-my-logstash-with-a-date-i-choose-not-a-timestamp-hellpp/220627
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [February 24, 2020, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-add-a-date-column-to-my-logstash-with-a-date-i-choose-not-a-timestamp-hellpp/220627 "2020-02-24T10:44:14Z")
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### Author:  [@samargh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/samargh)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2020, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-add-a-date-column-to-my-logstash-with-a-date-i-choose-not-a-timestamp-hellpp/220627/1 "2020-02-24T10:44:14Z")
i need to add a new column to my logstash file
i have to add a column that shows a date in all my lines exmpl : 2020-01-01
i don't get it
i tried this but it's not working
date {
match =\> ["DATE", "2020-01-01"]
target =\> "DATE"
}
help me please it's urgent
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### Author:  [@samargh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/samargh)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2020, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-add-a-date-column-to-my-logstash-with-a-date-i-choose-not-a-timestamp-hellpp/220627/2 "2020-02-24T10:45:50Z")
i'm asked to add a column that specify one certain samae date for all my lines
cuz i need to acess to that index with the date i specified
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### Author:  [@Shaoranlaos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shaoranlaos)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2020, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-add-a-date-column-to-my-logstash-with-a-date-i-choose-not-a-timestamp-hellpp/220627/3 "2020-02-25T07:50:42Z")
You could simply add a field DATE with the mutate filter (or any other filter) and than parse that added field with the date filter.
```auto
mutate {
add_field => {
"DATE" => "2020-01-01"
}
}
date {
match => ["DATE", "yyyy-MM-dd"]
target => "DATE"
}
```
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### Author:  [@samargh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/samargh)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-add-a-date-column-to-my-logstash-with-a-date-i-choose-not-a-timestamp-hellpp/220627/4 "2020-02-25T11:25:47Z")
ty it's working
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-add-a-date-column-to-my-logstash-with-a-date-i-choose-not-a-timestamp-hellpp/220627/5 "2020-03-24T11:25:52Z")
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