# Parsing Failed for multiline starts with dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss,SSS

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-failed-for-multiline-starts-with-dd-mmm-yyyy-hh-mm-ss-sss/130842>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 7, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-failed-for-multiline-starts-with-dd-mmm-yyyy-hh-mm-ss-sss/130842 "2018-05-07T13:47:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anuj\_Rajput](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anuj\_Rajput](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anuj_Rajput)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-failed-for-multiline-starts-with-dd-mmm-yyyy-hh-mm-ss-sss/130842/1 "2018-05-07T13:47:59Z")

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Parsing Failed for multiline starts with dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss,SSS  
Sample log : 06 May 2018 18:25:01,021 Some Multiline Text  
Below configuration is used  
input {  
file {  
path =\> "/Some/Loactions/\*.log"  
type =\> "api\_access"  
codec =\> multiline {  
pattern =\> "^{TIMESTAMP\_ISO8601:timestamp} "  
negate =\> true  
what =\> "previous"  
}  
date {  
"match" =\> ["timestamp", "dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss,SSS"]  
target =\> "@timestamp"  
}  
}

output {  
elasticsearch { hosts =\> ["localhost:9200"] }  
stdout { codec =\> rubydebug }  
}

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-failed-for-multiline-starts-with-dd-mmm-yyyy-hh-mm-ss-sss/130842/2 "2018-05-08T19:46:44Z")

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That's not an ISO8601 date so don't use the TIMESTAMP\_ISO8601 pattern. Also, the multiline codec isn't a grok filter so you can't create new fields with it.

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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:** [June 5, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-failed-for-multiline-starts-with-dd-mmm-yyyy-hh-mm-ss-sss/130842/3 "2018-06-05T19:46:55Z")

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