# Log date having Month Day and time only | Filter for logstash
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-date-having-month-day-and-time-only-filter-for-logstash/124241
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [March 16, 2018, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-date-having-month-day-and-time-only-filter-for-logstash/124241 "2018-03-16T09:11:36Z")
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### Author:  [@tharu85](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tharu85)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2018, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-date-having-month-day-and-time-only-filter-for-logstash/124241/1 "2018-03-16T09:11:36Z")
I found IPS log which is having only Month Day and time fields as below sample log
```
<130>Mar 15 07:27:29 SyslogAlertForwarder:
```
I need build a standard timestamp using above log under logstash filter as below.
```
2018-03-15T07:27:29.969Z
```
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### Author:  [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2018, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-date-having-month-day-and-time-only-filter-for-logstash/124241/2 "2018-03-16T09:37:14Z")
The documentation contains an example of how to parse syslog messages.
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/config-examples.html#\_processing\_syslog\_messages](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/config-examples.html#_processing_syslog_messages)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2018, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-date-having-month-day-and-time-only-filter-for-logstash/124241/3 "2018-04-13T09:37:31Z")
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