Logstash Date Filter Plugin: Field remains a string datatype

[Pimdebruijn]

Hi,

I'm trying to import a CSV-file that contains a date field, into Elasticsearch.
The date field contains dates that look like this:
5-3-2018 08:51:00
So the format is: dd-MM-YYYY HH:mm:ss (If I'm correct)

I've inserted the filter in a config like this:

date {
match => ["date", "dd-MM-YYYY HH:mm:ss"]
target => "another_field"
}

The config itself works fine, but the date-field remains a string datatype.
I'm not entirely sure if I'm understanding the Date Filter plugin correctly...

Any help would be very much appreciated!

[Badger]

@Pimdebruijn

The config itself works fine, but the date-field remains a string datatype.

That is expected. You have configured it to put the parsed date into another_field. If you want it to modify date then you can set that as the target.

[Pimdebruijn]

Hi Badger,

Thanks a lot; your answer worked for me!
On a side note, I noticed that the imported records had a 'tag' containing 'dateparsefailure'.
That was a result of a mismatch in the columns in the CSV-file and the columns I added in the config, my bad. So, for others experiencing similar issues: double check the columns.