# Show time with millisecond

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-time-with-millisecond/211863>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 14, 2019, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-time-with-millisecond/211863 "2019-12-14T07:38:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Yoav\_Ben\_Moha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yoav_ben_moha/32/46202_2.png) [@Yoav\_Ben\_Moha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yoav_Ben_Moha)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-time-with-millisecond/211863/1 "2019-12-14T07:38:13Z")

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Hi,  
On Elastic search version 7.4 ,  
I need to have a column that keep time results which include milliseconds as well.  
For example:

```
Name result
A 32.45         
B 2.12.67      

```

(32.45 mean : 32 second and 45 milliseconds)  
(2.12.67 mean : 2 minute 12 second and 67 milliseconds)

1. Please advise how format such a field
2. Does Elastic search will understand that 2.12.67 is bigger than 32.45 ?

Thanks  
Yoav

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-time-with-millisecond/211863/2 "2019-12-14T07:53:56Z")

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> [@Yoav\_Ben\_Moha](#):
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> Please advise how format such a field

I would recommend storing it in milliseconds as a long.

> [@Yoav\_Ben\_Moha](#):
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> Does Elastic search will understand that 2.12.67 is bigger than 32.45 ?

No. This seems to be strings, which are sorted based on lexical order. 32.45 is therefore considered larger than 2.12.67 as 3 \> 2.

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**Author:** ![Yoav\_Ben\_Moha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yoav_ben_moha/32/46202_2.png) [@Yoav\_Ben\_Moha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yoav_Ben_Moha)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-time-with-millisecond/211863/3 "2019-12-14T08:08:47Z")

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Christian, Thanks for your quick response

> No. This seems to be strings, which are sorted based on lexical order. 32.45 is therefore considered larger than 2.12.67 as 3 \> 2.

I was requested to order the result in descending order .  
Also was requested to keep the time results in human readable format Minute-second-milisecond  
What are my options ?

Thanks Again  
Yoav

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-time-with-millisecond/211863/4 "2019-12-14T08:36:54Z")

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Might storing them in both formats be an option? Sort and filter based on the numeric field and display the string field.

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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:** [January 11, 2020, 8:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-time-with-millisecond/211863/5 "2020-01-11T08:36:58Z")

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