Mapping Time field without date

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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

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

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

Thanks

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