# Can I change Index "creation\_date"?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-change-index-creation-date/148911
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 18, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-change-index-creation-date/148911 "2018-09-18T04:02:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@af615dbd55cac2cacf32](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/af615dbd55cac2cacf32)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-change-index-creation-date/148911/1 "2018-09-18T04:02:04Z")
"index001\_20180918": {
"state": "open",
"settings": {
"index": {
"routing": {
"allocation": {
"require": {
"box\_type": "hot"
}
}
},
"number\_of\_shards": "1",
"provided\_name": "index001\_20180918",
"creation\_date": "1537232141670",
"number\_of\_replicas": "0",
"uuid": "k\_gPxxk6Sq-mp19GSUubOA",
"version": {
"created": "6000099"
}
}
Based on "creation\_date" info, the index was created on "09/18/2018 AM12:55:41.670" (UTC) which seems ok, but my system is located in South Korea which uses "Asia/Seoul" timezone (UTC+9hours).
How can i change "creation\_date" timezone so the index will be created +9hours later than the current?
FIY, currently the index creates at 9am instead of 12am, but i need to move the index from hot to warm node at 1am everyday.
Please advise.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-change-index-creation-date/148911/2 "2018-09-18T04:04:58Z")
Elasticsearch stores everything in UTC, so you cannot change that.
> [@af615dbd55cac2cacf32](#):
>
> How can i change "creation\_date" timezone so the index will be created +9hours later than the current?
That's the time that something asked Elasticsearch to create the index, Elasticsearch didn't just create one itself.
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### Author:  [@af615dbd55cac2cacf32](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/af615dbd55cac2cacf32)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-change-index-creation-date/148911/3 "2018-09-18T04:49:18Z")
[from my Logstash]
...
output {
elasticsearch {
hosts =\> ["els-01:9200","els-02:9200"]
index =\> "index001\_{+YYYYMMdd}"
}
}
Yes, Logstash output set as elasticsearch to create indices with YYYYMMdd format. Should i change "@timestamp" timezone then???
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-change-index-creation-date/148911/4 "2018-09-18T05:05:20Z")
Definitely.
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### Author:  [@af615dbd55cac2cacf32](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/af615dbd55cac2cacf32)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2018, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-change-index-creation-date/148911/5 "2018-09-18T06:01:53Z")
Thank you for all your quick replies! 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2018, 6:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-change-index-creation-date/148911/6 "2018-10-16T06:02:08Z")
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