# Snapshot & Restore - Time Range

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-restore-time-range/172811
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 18, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-restore-time-range/172811 "2019-03-18T15:52:46Z")
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### Author: ![aniaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@aniaks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aniaks)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-restore-time-range/172811/1 "2019-03-18T15:52:46Z")

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Is it possible to do a Snapshot and restore for a specific time range instead of the complete indice itself ?

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### Author: ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-restore-time-range/172811/2 "2019-03-18T16:58:39Z")

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No. It's not.  
But you can use the reindex API to reindex data to a new index, then just snapshot this temporary index may be?

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### Author: ![aniaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@aniaks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aniaks)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-restore-time-range/172811/3 "2019-03-18T17:02:28Z")

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oh ok .... thanks for clarifying.

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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: [April 15, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-restore-time-range/172811/4 "2019-04-15T17:02:28Z")

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