# About logstash date time zone questions

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-logstash-date-time-zone-questions/159631>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 6, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-logstash-date-time-zone-questions/159631 "2018-12-06T01:37:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![admlko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/admlko/32/21787_2.png) [@admlko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/admlko)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 10:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-logstash-date-time-zone-questions/159631/9 "2018-12-11T10:52:11Z")

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Ah okay, now I think I understood.  
Right, you know better about the timestamp format.

The date filter in logstash ALWAYS converts to the UTC time. Now what you want, is to have a field which has the timestamp in your own timezone. This is not possible with the date filter and your only option is to use the ruby filter, as you have already done.

If this is what you want, you can also check [my other reply about the same issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-field-with-local-timezone/160238/2?u=admlko).

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