# Help with grok from a log with date MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss AM/PM

**URL:** <https://community.influxdata.com/t/help-with-grok-from-a-log-with-date-mm-dd-yyyy-hhss-am-pm/10156>\
**Category:** Telegraf\
**Created:** [June 16, 2019, 7:18am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/help-with-grok-from-a-log-with-date-mm-dd-yyyy-hhss-am-pm/10156 "2019-06-16T07:18:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![MarcV](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/marcv/32/7676_2.png) [@MarcV](https://community.influxdata.com/u/MarcV)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/help-with-grok-from-a-log-with-date-mm-dd-yyyy-hhss-am-pm/10156/21 "2019-06-19T05:37:42Z")

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Hi @daniel,  
Nice !

Probably the custom\_patterns Is not required with your solution ?

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**Author:** ![daniel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/daniel/32/142_2.png) [@daniel](https://community.influxdata.com/u/daniel)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/help-with-grok-from-a-log-with-date-mm-dd-yyyy-hhss-am-pm/10156/22 "2019-06-19T18:44:08Z")

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You still will need the `DATESTAMP_AMPM` pattern, it’s a two step process: first match the date string with the DATESTAMP\_AMPM regular expression, then interpret the date string as a time with `ts-"1/2/2006 3:04:05 PM"`.

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