=== Aggregation changes ==== Min doc count defaults to zero Both the `histogram` and `date_histogram` aggregations now have a default `min_doc_count` of `0` instead of `1`. ==== Timezone for date field Specifying the `time_zone` parameter in queries or aggregations on fields of type `date` must now be either an ISO 8601 UTC offset, or a timezone id. For example, the value `+1:00` must now be written as `+01:00`. ==== Time zones and offsets The `histogram` and the `date_histogram` aggregation now support a simplified `offset` option that replaces the previous `pre_offset` and `post_offset` rounding options. Instead of having to specify two separate offset shifts of the underlying buckets, the `offset` option moves the bucket boundaries in positive or negative direction depending on its argument. The `date_histogram` options for `pre_zone` and `post_zone` are replaced by the `time_zone` option. The behavior of `time_zone` is equivalent to the former `pre_zone` option. Setting `time_zone` to a value like "+01:00" now will lead to the bucket calculations being applied in the specified time zone. The `key` is returned as the timestamp in UTC, but the `key_as_string` is returned in the time zone specified. In addition to this, the `pre_zone_adjust_large_interval` is removed because we now always return dates and bucket keys in UTC. ==== Including/excluding terms `include`/`exclude` filtering on the `terms` aggregation now uses the same syntax as <> instead of the Java regular expression syntax. While simple regexps should still work, more complex ones might need some rewriting. Also, the `flags` parameter is no longer supported. ==== Boolean fields Aggregations on `boolean` fields will now return `0` and `1` as keys, and `"true"` and `"false"` as string keys. See <> for more information. ==== Java aggregation classes The `date_histogram` aggregation now returns a `Histogram` object in the response, and the `DateHistogram` class has been removed. Similarly the `date_range`, `ipv4_range`, and `geo_distance` aggregations all return a `Range` object in the response, and the `IPV4Range`, `DateRange`, and `GeoDistance` classes have been removed. The motivation for this is to have a single response API for the Range and Histogram aggregations regardless of the type of data being queried. To support this some changes were made in the `MultiBucketAggregation` interface which applies to all bucket aggregations: * The `getKey()` method now returns `Object` instead of `String`. The actual object type returned depends on the type of aggregation requested (e.g. the `date_histogram` will return a `DateTime` object for this method whereas a `histogram` will return a `Number`). * A `getKeyAsString()` method has been added to return the String representation of the key. * All other `getKeyAsX()` methods have been removed. * The `getBucketAsKey(String)` methods have been removed on all aggregations except the `filters` and `terms` aggregations.