# Use different timestamp than @timestamp in Timelion

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-different-timestamp-than-timestamp-in-timelion/181987>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 21, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-different-timestamp-than-timestamp-in-timelion/181987 "2019-05-21T11:47:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![6tUBp3gwd9Zp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/6tubp3gwd9zp/32/45240_2.png) [@6tUBp3gwd9Zp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/6tUBp3gwd9Zp)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-different-timestamp-than-timestamp-in-timelion/181987/1 "2019-05-21T11:47:39Z")

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In a normal visualization I can aggregate the data over the x-axis with "Date Histogram" over different date fields. So if I don't want to use the "@timestamp" field but my own how can I do that in Timelion?

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**Author:** ![BennyInc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bennyinc/32/21751_2.png) [@BennyInc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BennyInc)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-different-timestamp-than-timestamp-in-timelion/181987/2 "2019-05-21T12:08:25Z")

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You should be able to specify it as timefield=_fieldname_

Link: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/timelion-create.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/timelion-create.html)

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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:** [June 18, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-different-timestamp-than-timestamp-in-timelion/181987/3 "2019-06-18T12:08:25Z")

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