The timestamp field usually have a "@" prefix. Why? What is the difference if we do not add it ?

What is the difference between @timestamp and timestamp?

warkolm (Mark Walkom) April 6, 2016, 3:05am 2

@ fields are usually ones generated by Logstash as metadata ones, @timestamp being the value that the event was processed by Logstash.

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