# Ruby code filter error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ruby-code-filter-error/67391>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 28, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ruby-code-filter-error/67391 "2016-11-28T19:29:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![zahodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e36b37/32.png) [@zahodi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zahodi)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ruby-code-filter-error/67391/1 "2016-11-28T19:29:50Z")

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Having a hard time pinpointing why I'm getting this error:

> [@](#):
>
> SyntaxError: (ruby filter code):1: syntax error, unexpected tRCURLY  
> @codeblock = lambda { |event, &new\_event\_block| event.set('archdate', Time.now.utc.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z') }

My filter:

```auto
filter {
  ruby {
    code => "event.set('archdate', Time.now.utc.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z')"
  }
}
```

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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:** [November 29, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ruby-code-filter-error/67391/2 "2016-11-29T21:26:42Z")

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There's a ")" missing at the end of your Ruby expression.

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**Author:** ![zahodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e36b37/32.png) [@zahodi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zahodi)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ruby-code-filter-error/67391/3 "2016-11-29T22:37:25Z")

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Thanks, I must have looked at that line a dozen of times but somehow still missed 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:** [December 27, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ruby-code-filter-error/67391/4 "2016-12-27T22:37:57Z")

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