# What type to choose for Dates Column

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-type-to-choose-for-dates-column/321979>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 26, 2022, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-type-to-choose-for-dates-column/321979 "2022-12-26T09:26:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hasan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@Hasan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hasan)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-type-to-choose-for-dates-column/321979/1 "2022-12-26T09:26:42Z")

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Hello, I have got the dataset consisting of a **date** column. The **Format** for the **date** in my data file is `MM-DD-YYYY`. While importing the dataset to **Kibana** what `type` should I choose in the `pipeline` and in `mappings` to make it parse successfully.  
My Kibana version is 8.2.

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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:** [January 23, 2023, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-type-to-choose-for-dates-column/321979/2 "2023-01-23T09:26:47Z")

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