# Parsing date\_field with date plugin and set it as @timestamp

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-date-field-with-date-plugin-and-set-it-as-timestamp/249701>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 23, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-date-field-with-date-plugin-and-set-it-as-timestamp/249701 "2020-09-23T19:37:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![nino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@nino](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nino)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-date-field-with-date-plugin-and-set-it-as-timestamp/249701/1 "2020-09-23T19:37:42Z")

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Hello all,

i am having problems trying to parse this date field and set as @timestamp

```
{
     "field_date" => "2020-09-08 0:00:00.0"
}

```

This try is not running

```
date {
    timezone => "UCT"
    match => ["field_date", "yyyy MM dd HH:mm:ss"]
    target => "@timestamp"
}

```

Regards

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**Author:** ![aaron-nimocks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron-nimocks/32/73965_2.png) [@aaron-nimocks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaron-nimocks)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-date-field-with-date-plugin-and-set-it-as-timestamp/249701/2 "2020-09-23T19:59:41Z")

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```auto
  date {
    timezone => "UCT"
    match => ["field_date", "yyyy-MM-dd H:mm:ss.s"]
    target => "@timestamp"
  }

```

The format needs to match your input.  
`2020-09-08 0:00:00.0`  
`yyyy-MM-dd H:mm:ss.s`

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**Author:** ![nino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@nino](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nino)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-date-field-with-date-plugin-and-set-it-as-timestamp/249701/3 "2020-09-23T20:03:38Z")

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Thanks aaron! i was on the moon

Best

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-date-field-with-date-plugin-and-set-it-as-timestamp/249701/4 "2020-10-21T20:03:40Z")

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