[[esql-date_parse]]
=== `DATE_PARSE`
Converts a string to a date, in the provided format. If no format
is specified, the `yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ` format is used.

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include::{esql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[tag=dateParse]
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