# Kibana/ES Discover: failed to parse date field \[2018-08-13T14:44:21.253\] with format \[date\_time\]
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-es-discover-failed-to-parse-date-field-2018-08-13t1421-253-with-format-date-time/145027
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 18, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-es-discover-failed-to-parse-date-field-2018-08-13t1421-253-with-format-date-time/145027 "2018-08-18T23:18:37Z")
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### Author:  [@rkalluri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rkalluri)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-es-discover-failed-to-parse-date-field-2018-08-13t1421-253-with-format-date-time/145027/1 "2018-08-18T23:18:37Z")
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
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 "}],"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 ","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 ","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:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2018, 6:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-es-discover-failed-to-parse-date-field-2018-08-13t1421-253-with-format-date-time/145027/2 "2018-08-19T06:09:24Z")
Please don't post the same question multiple times, it makes it harder for people to help you.
Let's continue in [Kibana : Discover: failed to parse date field [2018-08-13T14:44:21.253] with format Invalid date](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-failed-to-parse-date-field-2018-08-13t1421-253-with-format-invalid-date/145030)
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2018, 6:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-es-discover-failed-to-parse-date-field-2018-08-13t1421-253-with-format-date-time/145027/3 "2018-08-19T06:09:28Z")