# Timestamp auto create

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-auto-create/225433>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 27, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-auto-create/225433 "2020-03-27T15:16:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![edkash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@edkash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/edkash)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-auto-create/225433/1 "2020-03-27T15:16:43Z")

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Hello guys.  
I creating index on elasticsearch, inserting json files.  
So, how can i configure index to creating timestamp automatically?

Because dont wanna inserting json date filed on all json post requests, if possible I want this field mut be created by elasticsearch, with a date (receive log time).

This is possible?  
Can you help me?

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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 27, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-auto-create/225433/2 "2020-03-27T18:58:12Z")

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May be with an ingest pipeline.

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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 24, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-auto-create/225433/3 "2020-04-24T18:58:21Z")

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