# Why is \_timestamp not showing up in my query results? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 1, 2015, 10:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is--timestamp-not-showing-up-in-my-query-results/95 "2015-05-01T10:33:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shaunak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaunak/32/6643_2.png) [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 10:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is--timestamp-not-showing-up-in-my-query-results/95/1 "2015-05-01T10:33:25Z")
#### QUESTION I have enabled the `_timestamp` field per [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-timestamp-field.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-timestamp-field.html) but I am not getting that field back in my query. What am I doing wrong? #### ANSWER Enabling `_timestamp` is the first part getting access to this field. The second part is you must explicitly reference in your query. For example: ```auto curl 'http://localhost:9200/index/type/1?pretty=1&fields=_timestamp' ``` This is common source of confusion. Note: `_timestamp` is not the only field that is not shown by default by Elasticsearch. `_ttl`, `_size`, `_parent` and `_routing` are, also, not shown by default and need the help of "fields" attribute to make Elasticsearch return them, as well: ```auto curl 'http://localhost:9200/index/type/1?pretty=1&fields=_timestamp,_ttl,_size,_parent,_routing' ``` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is--timestamp-not-showing-up-in-my-query-results/95/2 "2017-07-06T00:16:17Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 12:16am UTC