# Keeping original \_timestamp of document in upsert
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keeping-original--timestamp-of-document-in-upsert/19949
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 24, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keeping-original--timestamp-of-document-in-upsert/19949 "2014-09-24T15:16:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Devendra\_Laulkar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Devendra_Laulkar)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keeping-original--timestamp-of-document-in-upsert/19949/1 "2014-09-24T15:16:25Z")
Hi,
According to the current api documentation, the \_timestamp value is
automatically updated during an upsert/update operation.
Is there a way to keep the original \_timestamp value to record the original
document creation date?
Regards,
Devendra.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keeping-original--timestamp-of-document-in-upsert/19949/2 "2017-07-06T01:00:10Z")