Query Parsing not robust against dateOptionali formatted fields

[richtmat]

My query looks like this:

   "query": {
      "query_string": {
         "query": "myquery",
         "fields": [
            "stringField1",
            "stringField2",
            "dateOptionalTimeField"
         ]
      }
   }

which leads to an HTTP 400: ElasticsearchParseException[failed to parse date field [myquery], tried both date format [dateOptionalTime], and timestamp number]; nested: IllegalArgumentException[Invalid format: \"myquery\"]; }

If I remove the "dateOptionalTimeField" field from the search I get a result.
If I delete the fields info altogether or have fields: ["_all"] I get the same correct result.

In my opinion the parsing should be robust enough to fulfill the search request without the error.

[clintongormley]

@richtmat You are looking for the lenient option: http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-query-string-query.html#query-dsl-query-string-query

[richtmat]

Thanks Clinton, is there such an option on the simple_query_string ? I use them both and have the issue on it as well.

[richtmat]

as I understand, there is: #5208 but it's not mentioned in the docs.