# Timestamp in DSL query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-in-dsl-query/319058>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 16, 2022, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-in-dsl-query/319058 "2022-11-16T10:31:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![oalimerko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/oalimerko/32/112489_2.png) [@oalimerko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/oalimerko)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-in-dsl-query/319058/1 "2022-11-16T10:31:23Z")

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Dear all,

i have the query below for monitoring the logs of my application in case any issue with database connection occurs in the last 6min:

```auto
GET _search 
{
      "query": {
        "query_string": {
          "query": "message:\"com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException\" AND @timestamp:(>=now-6m AND <now)"
        }
      },
      "aggs": {
        "application": {
          "terms": {
            "field": "kubernetes.labels.app.keyword"
            }
          }
        }
      }

```

My question is how can i define the timestamp like this:  
@timestamp: (between 2022-11-16T10:00:00 and 2022-11-16T10:05:00)

The idea is to get some error for a particular timestamp and not for the last 6min

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**Author:** ![carly.richmond](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carly.richmond/32/104935_2.png) [@carly.richmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carly.richmond)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 11:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-in-dsl-query/319058/2 "2022-11-16T11:20:26Z")

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Hi Oltion,

I assume you want to query for logs with timestamps between two dates? Have a look at the range query with date support. These examples should help:

1. [Example range query on dates](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-range-query.html#ranges-on-dates)
2. [Example range query with timezone](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-range-query.html#range-query-time-zone)

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**Author:** ![oalimerko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/oalimerko/32/112489_2.png) [@oalimerko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/oalimerko)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 10:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-in-dsl-query/319058/3 "2022-11-17T10:33:32Z")

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hi,

i have some issue when i combine `query_string` with `range`

Here is my query:

```auto
GET _search
{
  "query": {
    "query_string": {
      "query": "message:\"com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException\""
    }
  },
    "range": {
      "timestamp": {
        "time_zone": "+01:00",        
        "gte": "2022-11-11T11:00:00", 
        "lte": "now" 
      }
    }
  }

```

but i get the error:

```auto
{
  "error" : {
    "root_cause" : [
      {
        "type" : "parsing_exception",
        "reason" : "Unknown key for a START_OBJECT in [range].",
        "line" : 7,
        "col" : 14
      }
    ],
    "type" : "parsing_exception",
    "reason" : "Unknown key for a START_OBJECT in [range].",
    "line" : 7,
    "col" : 14
  },
  "status" : 400
}

```

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**Author:** ![oalimerko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/oalimerko/32/112489_2.png) [@oalimerko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/oalimerko)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-in-dsl-query/319058/4 "2022-11-17T11:39:08Z")

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hi again,

as per [doc](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-query-string-query.html#_ranges) i found out this solution wrapping timestamp with square brackets

```auto
GET _search
{
  "query": {
    "query_string": {
      "query": "message:\"com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException\" AND @timestamp:[2022-11-17T01:00+01:00 TO 2022-11-17T01:30+01:00]"
    }
  },
  "aggs": {
        "application": {
          "terms": {
            "field": "kubernetes.labels.app.keyword"
          }
        }
  }
}

```

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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 15, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-in-dsl-query/319058/5 "2022-12-15T11:39:09Z")

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