# Unable to manually specify start/end timestamps in date range selector **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [October 8, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-manually-specify-start-end-timestamps-in-date-range-selector/251487 "2020-10-08T16:44:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![daq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/daq/32/33426_2.png) [@daq](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/daq)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-manually-specify-start-end-timestamps-in-date-range-selector/251487/1 "2020-10-08T16:44:57Z")
What am I doing wrong? I'm trying to manually adjust start/end timestamps in the date range selector in discover tab, but it just prints expected format in red and doesn't give me any way to apply manually entered timestamp? ![kibana](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/e/8e5303af3e723745da9f6bef0a120ce1b1434201.png) ---
**Author:** ![aaron-nimocks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron-nimocks/32/73965_2.png) [@aaron-nimocks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaron-nimocks)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-manually-specify-start-end-timestamps-in-date-range-selector/251487/2 "2020-10-08T16:49:55Z")
Try the below format. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/2/2290e4700c0b2f03a6152de0a2e85beb6edf3565.png) ---
**Author:** ![daq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/daq/32/33426_2.png) [@daq](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/daq)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-manually-specify-start-end-timestamps-in-date-range-selector/251487/3 "2020-10-08T17:07:40Z")
Still doesn't work. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/7/57effbd44f6e5ccd15cfaa5efe68cd05f5014f3a.png) ---
**Author:** ![aaron-nimocks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron-nimocks/32/73965_2.png) [@aaron-nimocks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaron-nimocks)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-manually-specify-start-end-timestamps-in-date-range-selector/251487/4 "2020-10-08T17:13:13Z")
Check your advanced settings and look for `MMMM Do YYYY` which is the format it is looking for. The format should be like `MMM D, YYYY @ HH:mm:ss.SSS`. ---
**Author:** ![aaron-nimocks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron-nimocks/32/73965_2.png) [@aaron-nimocks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaron-nimocks)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-manually-specify-start-end-timestamps-in-date-range-selector/251487/5 "2020-10-08T17:19:41Z")
Or if you want to maintain the format that is in there here is a [guide](https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/) to what it means. `MMMM` is `January` `Do` is `1st` etc So in your example above it would need to be `October 8th 2020, 07:30:00.000 -0700`. The last part is your timezone which I don't know what you would want to use. ---
**Author:** ![daq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/daq/32/33426_2.png) [@daq](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/daq)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-manually-specify-start-end-timestamps-in-date-range-selector/251487/6 "2020-10-08T19:11:16Z")
That doesn't work either. In fact, any manual input into "Start date" field shows format message in red without any way to apply the changes. Even if i just erase a zero and then put it back it still shows the error. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/9/b9705e5c064be6b28e26857b154bdc85fe5c2b24.png) I checked the date format in advanced settings and it is set to MMMM Do YYYY, HH:mm:ss.SSS zz so the format from screenshot above should work. ---
**Author:** ![aaron-nimocks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron-nimocks/32/73965_2.png) [@aaron-nimocks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaron-nimocks)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-manually-specify-start-end-timestamps-in-date-range-selector/251487/7 "2020-10-08T19:43:58Z")
I set my settings to what you have for testing and the below works. I guess the `zz` doesn't matter. `July 12th 2014, 09:19:26.823 ` ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/e/bebaac2587a3d15de4a1faba7c1e9a7026544009.png) ---
**Author:** ![daq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/daq/32/33426_2.png) [@daq](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/daq)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-manually-specify-start-end-timestamps-in-date-range-selector/251487/8 "2020-10-08T20:50:40Z")
I must've tried 40 different formats by now including Unix time. Nothing works. Running Kibana 7.6.2 btw. Was something fixed in a newer version if that's what you're using? None of the following works: October 8th 2020, 07:30:00.000 PDT October 8th 2020, 07:30:00.000 October 8th 2020, 07:30:00 October 8th 2020, 07:30:00.000 -0700 10/8/2020 07:30:00 1602190130 1602215325000 ---
**Author:** ![aaron-nimocks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron-nimocks/32/73965_2.png) [@aaron-nimocks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaron-nimocks)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-manually-specify-start-end-timestamps-in-date-range-selector/251487/9 "2020-10-08T20:56:48Z")
On discovery do you have a timeline? Click and drag to select a portion of the timeline and it will fill in your date ranges with acceptable ranges. You aren't using the default settings either. Might return settings to default and try again. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/f/7f316794df39c749d651ff24e836883a3cd5b7e9.png) ---
**Author:** ![daq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/daq/32/33426_2.png) [@daq](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/daq)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-manually-specify-start-end-timestamps-in-date-range-selector/251487/10 "2020-10-08T21:29:39Z")
Resetting to default finally worked. Is this a bug that timestamp format cannot be customized? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-manually-specify-start-end-timestamps-in-date-range-selector/251487/11 "2020-11-05T21:29:40Z")
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