[Docs] updated refrences to dynamic_date_formats

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[[mapping-date-format]]
== Date Format
When defining a `date` type, or when defining `date_formats` in the
`object` mapping, the value of it is the actual date format that will be
used to parse the string representation of the date. There are built in
In JSON documents, dates are represented as strings. Elasticsearch uses a set
of pre-configured format to recognize and convert those, but you can change the
defaults by specifying the `format` option when defining a `date` type, or by
specifying `dynamic_date_formats` in the `root object` mapping (which will
be used unless explicitly overridden by a `date` type). There are built in
formats supported, as well as complete custom one.
The parsing of dates uses http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/[Joda]. The

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Date fields are special since they are represented as a `string`. Date
fields are detected if they can be parsed as a date when they are first
introduced into the system. The set of date formats that are tested
against can be configured using the `date_formats` and explained later.
against can be configured using the `dynamic_date_formats` on the root object,
which is explained later.
Note, once a field has been added, *its type can not change*. For
example, if we added age and its value is a number, then it can't be