# Last update timestamp for a specific field?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/last-update-timestamp-for-a-specific-field/65283
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 7, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/last-update-timestamp-for-a-specific-field/65283 "2016-11-07T22:08:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@suanmeiguo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suanmeiguo)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/last-update-timestamp-for-a-specific-field/65283/1 "2016-11-07T22:08:57Z")
I have an index with 30+ columns and different columns are updated by different process. Hence the time each column got updated is different.
So is it possible to retrieve the last update timestamp on a specific field? I'd imagine it's possible since ES has versioning but no api is available, is that true?
Much appreciated!
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/last-update-timestamp-for-a-specific-field/65283/2 "2016-11-07T22:26:32Z")
No you can't do that OOTB.
You need to add a field or fields you control by yourself.
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### Author:  [@suanmeiguo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suanmeiguo)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/last-update-timestamp-for-a-specific-field/65283/3 "2016-11-07T23:00:22Z")
OK. That's good to know. Thank you!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/last-update-timestamp-for-a-specific-field/65283/4 "2016-12-05T23:00:23Z")
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