# Scripted date field from timestamp

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-date-field-from-timestamp/41175
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [February 8, 2016, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-date-field-from-timestamp/41175 "2016-02-08T11:26:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Croos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/croos/32/29489_2.png) [@Croos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Croos)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2016, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-date-field-from-timestamp/41175/1 "2016-02-08T11:26:33Z")

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how to create a scripted date field from timestamp in kibana?

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### Author: ![spalger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spalger/32/14092_2.png) [@spalger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spalger)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-date-field-from-timestamp/41175/2 "2016-02-08T19:11:26Z")

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Scripted fields can currently only create numbers.

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### Author: ![Croos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/croos/32/29489_2.png) [@Croos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Croos)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-date-field-from-timestamp/41175/3 "2016-02-08T19:41:20Z")

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k. Thanks for your response Alger.

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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, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-date-field-from-timestamp/41175/4 "2017-07-06T14:03:07Z")

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