# Logstash Ruby DateTime.parse error
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-ruby-datetime-parse-error/106251
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [November 2, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-ruby-datetime-parse-error/106251 "2017-11-02T21:09:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@ash007](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ash007)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-ruby-datetime-parse-error/106251/1 "2017-11-02T21:09:57Z")
Hi i am trying to execute the below code.
```
filter{
if [type] == 'date'{
ruby {
init => "@regex= /[^0-9a-zA-Z]/"
code => "
require 'date'
require 'time'
event.set('var_str', DateTime.parse(event.get('date')));
puts var_str
"
}
}
}
```
But i am receiving the below error:
`
> [2017-11-02T21:00:36,868][ERROR][logstash.pipeline] g.jruby.runtime.Interpreted19Block.yield(Interpreted19Block.java:157)", "org.jruby.runtime.Block.yield(Block.java:142)", "org.jruby.RubyArray.eachCommon(RubyArray.java:1606)", "org.jruby.RubyArray.each(RubyArray.java:1613)", "org.jruby.RubyArray$INVOKER$i$0$0$each.call(RubyArray$INVOKER$i$0$0$each.gen)", "org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.callBlock(CachingCallSite.java:143)", "org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.callIter(CachingCallSite.java:154)", "org.jruby.ast.CallNoArgBlockNode.interpret(CallNoArgBlockNode.java:64)", "org.jruby.ast.NewlineNode.interpret(NewlineNode.java:105)", "org.jruby.ast.BlockNode.interpret(BlockNode.java:71)", "org.jruby.evaluator.ASTInterpreter.INTERPRET\_METHOD(ASTInterpreter.java:74)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.InterpretedMethod.call(InterpretedMethod.java:182)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.DefaultMethod.call(DefaultMethod.java:203)", "org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.cacheAndCall(CachingCallSite.java:326)", "org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.call(CachingCallSite.java:170)", "org.jruby.ast.CallOneArgNode.interpret(CallOneArgNode.java:57)", "org.jruby.ast.LocalAsgnNode.interpret(LocalAsgnNode.java:123)", "org.jruby.ast.NewlineNode.interpret(NewlineNode.java:105)", "org.jruby.ast.BlockNode.interpret(BlockNode.java:71)", "org.jruby.evaluator.ASTInterpreter.INTERPRET\_METHOD(ASTInterpreter.java:74)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.InterpretedMethod.call(InterpretedMethod.java:182)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.DefaultMethod.call(DefaultMethod.java:203)", "org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.cacheAndCall(CachingCallSite.java:326)", "org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.call(CachingCallSite.java:170)", "org.jruby.ast.CallOneArgNode.interpret(CallOneArgNode.java:57)", "org.jruby.ast.DAsgnNode.interpret(DAsgnNode.java:110)", "org.jruby.ast.NewlineNode.interpret(NewlineNode.java:105)", "org.jruby.ast.IfNode.interpret(IfNode.java:116)", "org.jruby.ast.NewlineNode.interpret(NewlineNode.java:105)", "org.jruby.ast.BlockNode.interpret(BlockNode.java:71)", "org.jruby.evaluator.ASTInterpreter.INTERPRET\_BLOCK(ASTInterpreter.java:112)", "org.jruby.runtime.Interpreted19Block.evalBlockBody(Interpreted19Block.java:206)", "org.jruby.runtime.Interpreted19Block.yield(Interpreted19Block.java:157)", "org.jruby.runtime.Block.yield(Block.java:142)", "org.jruby.RubyArray.eachCommon(RubyArray.java:1606)", "org.jruby.RubyArray.each(RubyArray.java:1613)", "org.jruby.RubyArray$INVOKER$i$0$0$each.call(RubyArray$INVOKER$i$0$0$each.gen)", "org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.cacheAndCall(CachingCallSite.java:316)", "org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.callBlock(CachingCallSite.java:145)", "org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.callIter(CachingCallSite.java:154)", "org.jruby.ast.CallNoArgBlockNode.interpret(CallNoArgBlockNode.java:64)", "org.jruby.ast.NewlineNode.interpret(NewlineNode.java:105)", "org.jruby.ast.BlockNode.interpret(BlockNode.java:71)"
When i execute this is regular ruby debugger, i am able to get the result.
Is there something i am doing wrong?
Logstash version: 5.x
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### Author:  [@ash007](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ash007)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-ruby-datetime-parse-error/106251/2 "2017-11-03T16:59:37Z")
@magnusbaeck Could you take a look into this please.
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### Author:  [@ash007](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ash007)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-ruby-datetime-parse-error/106251/3 "2017-11-07T18:22:22Z")
@warkolm Can you look into this please.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-ruby-datetime-parse-error/106251/4 "2017-12-05T18:22:32Z")
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