# Mapping Time field without date
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-time-field-without-date/43056
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 29, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-time-field-without-date/43056 "2016-02-29T23:23:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@vgupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vgupta)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-time-field-without-date/43056/1 "2016-02-29T23:23:38Z")
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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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2016, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-time-field-without-date/43056/2 "2016-03-01T05:52:21Z")
You are better of fixing it before it goes into ES.
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### Author:  [@vgupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vgupta)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2016, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-time-field-without-date/43056/3 "2016-03-01T06:23:23Z")
Is there a way to just create a mapping for Time without the date?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2016, 6:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-time-field-without-date/43056/4 "2016-03-01T06:29:03Z")
If you really want to - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.2/mapping-date-format.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.2/mapping-date-format.html)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-time-field-without-date/43056/5 "2017-07-05T23:12:40Z")