# Removal of @timestamp field

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/removal-of-timestamp-field/62149>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 4, 2016, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/removal-of-timestamp-field/62149 "2016-10-04T11:06:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sunilmchaudhari](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sunilmchaudhari/32/9475_2.png) [@sunilmchaudhari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunilmchaudhari)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/removal-of-timestamp-field/62149/1 "2016-10-04T11:06:18Z")

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Hi,  
I have added custom field eventLogTime which shows the time of logs generated. At the same time I want to remove @timestamp field.  
However I am getting error when I tyr to remove @timestamp in logstash filter.

`LogStash::Error: Unable to format in string "YYYY.MM.dd", @timestamp field not found`

Please help me in this...!

br,  
Sunil

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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:** [October 4, 2016, 12:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/removal-of-timestamp-field/62149/2 "2016-10-04T12:37:32Z")

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I'm not sure removal of the `@timestamp` field is supported.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/removal-of-timestamp-field/62149/3 "2017-07-06T04:35:54Z")

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