# ILM not working correctly

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-not-working-correctly/304529
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management
**Created:** [May 12, 2022, 6:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-not-working-correctly/304529 "2022-05-12T06:38:30Z")
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### Author: ![nisow95612](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nisow95612](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nisow95612)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2022, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-not-working-correctly/304529/5 "2022-06-01T10:01:22Z")

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You might want to set `index.lifecycle.origination_date` on your indices so ILM knows.  
Kudoes go to [ILM, creation\_date and reindexing - #5 by dakrone](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-creation-date-and-reindexing/297469/5)

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