# Index creation date is not showing up

**URL:** <https://forum.opensearch.org/t/index-creation-date-is-not-showing-up/11626>\
**Category:** OpenSearch Client Libraries\
**Tags:** opensearch-java\
**Created:** [November 29, 2022, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/index-creation-date-is-not-showing-up/11626 "2022-11-29T10:20:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![leonardo89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@leonardo89](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/leonardo89)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/index-creation-date-is-not-showing-up/11626/1 "2022-11-29T10:20:20Z")

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**Versions**

- opensearch-rest-client (2.4.0)
- opensearch-java (2.1.0)

**Describe the issue** :  
I’m using a \_cat request to get some information about the indices through the opensearch java client. When I check the response, the creation date of the index is not coming out.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/mauve_hedgehog/original/2X/3/38319d25af3d5a075d57ae1506937cd2a4fa8577.png)

As you can see, the `creationDate` of the index is not coming out.

If I make the request directly to elasticsearch, I get the creation date, as you can see below.

**Request**  
`GET _cat/indices/opensearch_*?format=json&h=index,docs.count,health,store.size,status,creation.date.string`

**Response**

```auto
[
  {
    "index" : "opensearch_dashboards_sample_data_logs",
    "docs.count" : "14074",
    "health" : "green",
    "store.size" : "18.6mb",
    "status" : "open",
    "creation.date.string" : "2022-11-19T08:22:13.207Z"
  }
]

```

Is this a bug ???  
Why the creation date of the index is not coming out in the opensearch java client

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**Author:** ![wbeckler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@wbeckler](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/wbeckler)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/index-creation-date-is-not-showing-up/11626/2 "2022-12-01T01:22:33Z")

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This looks like a possible bug. Maybe file a bug report in the client project:

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