# What does t mean? in Discover? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [July 5, 2019, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-does-t-mean-in-discover/189004 "2019-07-05T04:31:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![111171](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/7c8e57/32.png) [@111171](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/111171)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-does-t-mean-in-discover/189004/1 "2019-07-05T04:31:21Z")
![screenshot](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/7/e73808b7a7928add2b5a02f788751ac95a8ba6d3.png) Dear Community thank you in advance for your help... What does t and other symobols mean in Discover Field? \*the one which is located on the left side of @message.... I looked through the manual but could not find the explanation... Thank you... ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-does-t-mean-in-discover/189004/2 "2019-07-05T07:45:54Z")
I think that just means it a text field, rather than # for number and a clock for a date value. ---
**Author:** ![111171](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/7c8e57/32.png) [@111171](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/111171)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-does-t-mean-in-discover/189004/3 "2019-07-05T07:57:15Z")
Thank you ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-does-t-mean-in-discover/189004/4 "2019-08-02T07:57:24Z")
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