# Timestamp search in kibana (4.5)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-search-in-kibana-4-5/48962>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 2, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-search-in-kibana-4-5/48962 "2016-05-02T14:11:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![himbeere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@himbeere](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/himbeere)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-search-in-kibana-4-5/48962/1 "2016-05-02T14:11:54Z")

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Hello.

I'm trying to search for a pattern with a specific timestamp but only get empty results. What would be the right searchstring for doing something like this?

ssh AND timestamp:[2016-05-01 TO 2016-05-02]

thanks and best regards  
t.

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**Author:** ![Bargs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bargs/32/5429_2.png) [@Bargs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bargs)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-search-in-kibana-4-5/48962/2 "2016-05-02T21:47:15Z")

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~~I think you need double quotes around your dates.~~

~~`@timestamp:["2016-04-29" TO "2016-04-30"]` worked for me on some sample data.~~

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**Author:** ![Bargs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bargs/32/5429_2.png) [@Bargs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bargs)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-search-in-kibana-4-5/48962/3 "2016-05-02T22:16:16Z")

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Scratch my previous comment, I tried it without double quotes and my example query still worked. Are you sure the range you're searching for in your query and the time range selected via the time picker (top right corner of the page) don't conflict?

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**Author:** ![himbeere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@himbeere](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/himbeere)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-search-in-kibana-4-5/48962/4 "2016-05-03T09:25:25Z")

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> [@Bargs](#):
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> you sure the range you're searching for in your query and the time range selected via the time picker

That was the missing hint. I thought the time range via time picker is not related when i search the timestamp. Thank you.

cheers  
t.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-search-in-kibana-4-5/48962/5 "2017-07-06T13:54:30Z")

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