# Is it possible to create aliases on a monthly basis using index templates?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-create-aliases-on-a-monthly-basis-using-index-templates/80850>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 31, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-create-aliases-on-a-monthly-basis-using-index-templates/80850 "2017-03-31T16:59:52Z")\
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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:** [April 1, 2017, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-create-aliases-on-a-monthly-basis-using-index-templates/80850/4 "2017-04-01T08:27:35Z")

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ES handles more static aliases, like `last-month`, it can't do date math in templates.

Have you tried curator?

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