# Timestamp of last attemp of ingestion

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-of-last-attemp-of-ingestion/377681
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [April 30, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-of-last-attemp-of-ingestion/377681 "2025-04-30T14:54:22Z")
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#### Post date: [April 30, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-of-last-attemp-of-ingestion/377681/4 "2025-04-30T16:15:56Z")

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Logstash will set the timestamp when it creates the event. You can override that with a date filter. It doesn't change the timestamp if it has to hold the event in a queue.

If you want the timestamp to reflect the time when an event is indexed then I would suggest having elasticsearch add the timestamp, not logstash. [This](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-created-at-and-updated-at-fields/355178) thread might help with that.

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