# Logstash pulling in Date as a Timestamp

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pulling-in-date-as-a-timestamp/365329>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 22, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pulling-in-date-as-a-timestamp/365329 "2024-08-22T02:10:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pulling-in-date-as-a-timestamp/365329/5 "2024-08-22T12:58:04Z")

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> [@dadoonet](#):
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> If you don't want to transform the text as a date, just don't use the date filter.

The jdbc input will automatically convert a date column fetched from the DB to a LogStash::Timestamp, no date filter required. And yes, that is usually a good thing.

It can be changed to a string in any desired date using [ruby+strftime](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-field-being-converted-to-timestamps/180044/4).

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