# Changing the timezone does not change how far the logs are from the current time

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-the-timezone-does-not-change-how-far-the-logs-are-from-the-current-time/319753>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 24, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-the-timezone-does-not-change-how-far-the-logs-are-from-the-current-time/319753 "2022-11-24T12:28:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hemabh\_Ravee\_Fox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hemabh_ravee_fox/32/111494_2.png) [@Hemabh\_Ravee\_Fox](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hemabh_Ravee_Fox)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-the-timezone-does-not-change-how-far-the-logs-are-from-the-current-time/319753/6 "2022-11-30T08:51:28Z")

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I was only adding a 'Z' at the end of the time format, as I thought is the case for ISO format. I removed the 'Z' and appended '+05:30' before indexing it and that has solved the problem for me. Thanks a lot!  
Also adding this [resource](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-specify-timezone-on-elasticsearch/259614/4) which helped me with the right format to use

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