Mapping Time field without date

Hi

In my logs, I have time field that only capture the time of the day. What should be mapping of this field should be in Elastic.

For e.g.

07:10:20 AM

08:20:50 PM

If I define the mapping as date with "format" : "hh:mm:ss a" then I get a timestamp from 1970 and if define the mapping as string then sorting and range queries become an issue.

Thanks
Vinay

You are better of fixing it before it goes into ES.

Is there a way to just create a mapping for Time without the date?

Thanks

If you really want to - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.2/mapping-date-format.html