Updated: July-20
Elasticsearch Version: 1.7-8.0
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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log “could not read the current timestamp” to appear. It’s important to understand the issues related to the log, so to get started, read the general overview on common issues and tips related to the Elasticsearch concepts: .
Advanced users might want to skip right to the common problems section in each concept or try running the Check-Up which analyses ES to discover the cause of many errors and provides suitable actionable recommendations (free tool that requires no installation).
Log Context
Log”could not read the current timestamp”classname is JodaDateMathParser.java
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
String mathString;
if (text.startsWith("now")) {
try {
time = now.getAsLong();
} catch (Exception e) {
throw new ElasticsearchParseException("could not read the current timestamp"; e);
}
mathString = text.substring("now".length());
} else {
int index = text.indexOf("||");
if (index == -1) {Related issues to this log
We have gathered selected Q&A from the community and issues from Github, that can help fix related issues please review the following for further information :
1 Logstash date parsing as timestamp using the date filter -views 76,147 ,score 25
2 How to make elasticsearch add the timestamp field to every document in all indices? -views 61,408,score 39
