# Iso 8601 time duration support

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/iso-8601-time-duration-support/248410>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 12, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/iso-8601-time-duration-support/248410 "2020-09-12T15:38:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![bnarang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bnarang/32/50344_2.png) [@bnarang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bnarang)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/iso-8601-time-duration-support/248410/1 "2020-09-12T15:38:03Z")

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Does elasticsearch supports iso time duration P[n]Y[n]M[n]DT[n]H[n]M[n]S?

I would be receiving data in this format, want to index in the same format and would like the range operation available on that.

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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:** [September 13, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/iso-8601-time-duration-support/248410/2 "2020-09-13T23:19:28Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

Take a look at [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/date.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/date.html)

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**Author:** ![bnarang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bnarang/32/50344_2.png) [@bnarang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bnarang)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/iso-8601-time-duration-support/248410/3 "2020-09-14T03:21:21Z")

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Hi warklom,

There is no mention of duration here in my understanding. I am looking for iso 8601 duration support and not looking for iso timestamp

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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:** [September 14, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/iso-8601-time-duration-support/248410/4 "2020-09-14T04:35:48Z")

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That's what we support at the moment.  
Duration is something that you would need to calculate from timestamps.

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**Author:** ![bnarang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bnarang/32/50344_2.png) [@bnarang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bnarang)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/iso-8601-time-duration-support/248410/5 "2020-09-14T05:49:01Z")

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Thanks. I would be receiving iso duration from a client. If there's no support of iso duration for comparison, i guess the fallback method would be to convert to integer and have it available for comparison

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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:** [September 14, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/iso-8601-time-duration-support/248410/6 "2020-09-14T08:44:36Z")

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That's a good idea.

You can always raise a feature request on GitHub as well, that way we can gauge broader interest in this 🙂

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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:** [October 12, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/iso-8601-time-duration-support/248410/7 "2020-10-12T08:44:37Z")

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