Hello CB , You can declare it as normal time type and it should be able to identify epoch format be default.
"The date type will also accept a long number representing UTC milliseconds since the epoch, regardless of the format it can handle. " from http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-core-types.html#date Thanks Vineeth On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 1:53 PM, CB <[email protected]> wrote: > hi all, > > Sorry for the basic question - I'll appreciate any help :) > > I configured the field mapping of my index using the following json struct: > > { "template" : "*", "order" : 10, "mappings" : { "couchbaseCheckpoint" : { > "_source" : { "includes" : ["doc.*"] }, "dynamic_templates": [ { > "store_no_index": { "match": "*", "mapping": { "store" : "no", "index" : > "no", "include_in_all" : false } } } ] }, "_default_" : { "_source" : { > "includes" : ["meta.*"] }, "properties" : { "meta" : { "type" : "object", > "include_in_all" : false } } } }} > > A typical document that I'm inserting looks like this: > > { > "meta": { > "id": "1234", > "rev": "1-0001e50821cebfb80000000000000000", > "expiration": 0, > "flags": 0 > }, > "doc": { > "date": 12123321312 > } > } > > Now for the question - How to customize the mapping definition described > above so that the field "date" will be parsed as date (epoc time format) > and not as the result of auto mapping (type long). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/46830de7-a757-4cf1-9e4c-cba84121ddf1%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/46830de7-a757-4cf1-9e4c-cba84121ddf1%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGdPd5mHGnD-_HtyF0wipQRFcogPnCEfyj-rsb-ekUAVNrVDow%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
