# Kibana : Discover: failed to parse date field \[2018-08-13T14:44:21.253\] with format Invalid date

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-failed-to-parse-date-field-2018-08-13t1421-253-with-format-invalid-date/145030>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [August 18, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-failed-to-parse-date-field-2018-08-13t1421-253-with-format-invalid-date/145030 "2018-08-18T23:31:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![rkalluri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@rkalluri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rkalluri)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-failed-to-parse-date-field-2018-08-13t1421-253-with-format-invalid-date/145030/1 "2018-08-18T23:31:07Z")

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I am getting an exception trying to filter on a date\_time field in Kibana.

Discover: failed to parse date field [2018-08-13T14:44:21.253] with format Invalid date

ModificationTimestamp has the following timestamp:

"ModificationTimestamp": {  
"type": "date",  
"format": "date\_time"  
}

Error: Request to Elasticsearch failed: {"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"parse\_exception","reason":"failed to parse date field [2018-08-13T14:44:21.253] with format Invalid date"}],"type":"search\_phase\_execution\_exception","reason":"all shards failed","phase":"query","grouped":true,"failed\_shards":[{"shard":0,"index":"els\_08\_18\_2018\_01","node":"6wx5q3j9TTycZ2lDk5hTlQ","reason":{"type":"query\_shard\_exception","reason":"failed to create query: {\n "bool" : {\n "must" : [\n {\n "match\_phrase" : {\n "ModificationTimestamp" : {\n "query" : "2018-08-13T14:44:21.253",\n "slop" : 0,\n "zero\_terms\_query" : "NONE",\n "boost" : 1.0\n }\n }\n }\n],\n "filter" : [\n {\n "match\_all" : {\n "boost" : 1.0\n }\n }\n],\n "adjust\_pure\_negative" : true,\n "boost" : 1.0\n }\n}","index\_uuid":"Bs0TW6S2RkWdoyYKKXTPMA","index":"elastic\_08\_18\_2018\_01","caused\_by":{"type":"parse\_exception","reason":"failed to parse date field [2018-08-13T14:44:21.253] with format Invalid date","caused\_by":{"type":"illegal\_argument\_exception","reason":"Parse failure at index [23] of [2018-08-13T14:44:21.253]"}}}}],"caused\_by":{"type":"parse\_exception","reason":"failed to parse date field [2018-08-13T14:44:21.253] with format Invalid date","caused\_by":{"type":"illegal\_argument\_exception","reason":"Parse failure at index [23] of [2018-08-13T14:44:21.253]"}}},"status":400}

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**Author:** ![rashmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashmi/32/16391_2.png) [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 5:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-failed-to-parse-date-field-2018-08-13t1421-253-with-format-invalid-date/145030/2 "2018-08-20T05:20:14Z")

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Sounds like your date isn't being mapped correctly. You should take a look at [http://localhost:9200/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/_mapping) and ensure your field is being correctly mapped to a date type with the correct format.

Cheers  
Rashmi

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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:** [September 17, 2018, 5:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-failed-to-parse-date-field-2018-08-13t1421-253-with-format-invalid-date/145030/3 "2018-09-17T05:20:19Z")

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