[Filebeat][httpjson] Fix date_cursor validation (elastic#21756) (elas…

…tic#21982)

* Fix date_cursor validation

* Only check for parse errors

(cherry picked from commit 15251d4)

x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/config.go

@@ -109,10 +109,15 @@ func (dc *DateCursor) Validate() error {
 	if dc.DateFormat == "" {
 		return nil
 	}
-	now := time.Now().Format(dc.DateFormat)
-	if _, err := time.Parse(dc.DateFormat, now); err != nil {
+
+	const knownTimestamp = 1602601228 // 2020-10-13T15:00:28+00:00 RFC3339
+	knownDate := time.Unix(knownTimestamp, 0).UTC()
+
+	dateStr := knownDate.Format(dc.DateFormat)
+	if _, err := time.Parse(dc.DateFormat, dateStr); err != nil {
 		return errors.New("invalid configuration: date_format is not a valid date layout")
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }