# Logstash date filter

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-date-filter/61247>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 22, 2016, 11:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-date-filter/61247 "2016-09-22T11:52:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Kyle\_Hanson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kyle_hanson/32/12063_2.png) [@Kyle\_Hanson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kyle_Hanson)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 11:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-date-filter/61247/1 "2016-09-22T11:52:13Z")

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If I have this value in my data: Dec 29 14:20:41 2005

Can you give me conf settings I'd need to have it get used as the @timestamp? I've tried many combinations and no luck getting the date filter to work for this format.

Much appreciated,  
Kyle

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-date-filter/61247/2 "2016-09-22T12:05:13Z")

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Your format is nearly identical with what's typically in syslog messages. This example should help: [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:** ![Kyle\_Hanson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kyle_hanson/32/12063_2.png) [@Kyle\_Hanson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kyle_Hanson)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 12:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-date-filter/61247/3 "2016-09-22T12:23:05Z")

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I'll give it a try hopefully today and let you know, thanks.

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**Author:** ![Kyle\_Hanson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kyle_hanson/32/12063_2.png) [@Kyle\_Hanson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kyle_Hanson)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-date-filter/61247/4 "2016-09-23T13:02:51Z")

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that seemed to help, braces vs brackets on the match line appeared to be issue even though the match line was breaking out the data into the fields.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-date-filter/61247/5 "2017-07-06T04:37:12Z")

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