# @timestamp not updating with my logs file timestamp

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-not-updating-with-my-logs-file-timestamp/104005>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 14, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-not-updating-with-my-logs-file-timestamp/104005 "2017-10-14T17:39:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Megha\_Gupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@Megha\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Megha_Gupta)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-not-updating-with-my-logs-file-timestamp/104005/1 "2017-10-14T17:39:42Z")

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Hi,

My Log messages are kind of json object :  
{"clientToken":"GMTALEOAPPLY","event":"uid\_needs\_to\_map","initialReferral":"[https://www.oscarplusmcmaster.ca/myAccount/internships-coop/engineering/postings.htm","ipAddress":"99.228.86.28","isp":{"autonomousSystemOrganization":"Rogers](https://www.oscarplusmcmaster.ca/myAccount/internships-coop/engineering/postings.htm%22,%22ipAddress%22:%2299.228.86.28%22,%22isp%22:%7B%22autonomousSystemOrganization%22:%22Rogers) Cable Communications Inc.","autonomousSystemNumber":"812","isp":"Rogers Cable","organization":"Rogers Cable"},"location":{"continentCode":"NA","continentName":"North America","country":"Canada","countryIsocode":"CA","city":"Brampton","time\_zone":"America/Toronto","latitude":"43.7328","longitude":"-79.7953","postalCode":"L6Z","registeredCountry":"Canada","registeredCountryIsocode":"CA","subdivisions":"Ontario","subdivisionsIsocode":"ON"},"phenomRefnum":"GENEA0085","timestamp":"1/14/17 9:49:14 AM"}

Where I have timestamp : "timestamp":"1/14/17 9:49:14 AM"

I have given logstash filter:

# The # character at the beginning of a line indicates a comment. Use

# comments to describe your configuration.

input {  
beats {  
port =\> "5043"

```
}

```

}

# The filter part of this file is commented out to indicate that it is

# optional.

filter {  
kv {  
field\_split =\> ","  
value\_split =\> ":"  
include\_brackets =\> false  
remove\_field =\> ["id%" ,"[%]","%."]  
remove\_field =\> ["\*[_{_}]\*" ]  
}

date {  
match =\> ["timestamp", "MM/dd/yy hh:mm:ss a", "ISO8601"]  
target =\> "timestamp"  
add\_field =\> { "debug" =\> "timestamp"}

```
}

```

}  
output {  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> ["localhost:9200"]  
index =\> "pson"  
}  
stdout {}  
}

But my timestamp is not updating to @timestamp  
Please help.. its a major blocker for me ..

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-not-updating-with-my-logs-file-timestamp/104005/2 "2017-10-16T14:35:38Z")

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Did you try adding `M/dd/yy hh:mm:ss a` as a date pattern? If that doesn't help please show an example event. Copy/paste from Kibana's JSON tab.

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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:** [November 13, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-not-updating-with-my-logs-file-timestamp/104005/3 "2017-11-13T14:35:43Z")

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