# Update timestamp of documents

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-timestamp-of-documents/357739
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 18, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-timestamp-of-documents/357739 "2024-04-18T18:37:41Z")
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### Author: ![Abhishek\_Sen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abhishek_sen/32/133655_2.png) [@Abhishek\_Sen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhishek_Sen)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-timestamp-of-documents/357739/1 "2024-04-18T18:37:41Z")

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I want to know when a particular document in an index was created, and when it was last modified. Is there a way or do we have to keep track of this manually?

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### Author: ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-timestamp-of-documents/357739/2 "2024-04-18T18:53:20Z")

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Have a look at [this thread](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-created-at-and-updated-at-fields/355178).