# Create date error
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-date-error/112325
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 19, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-date-error/112325 "2017-12-19T01:00:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@zqc0512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zqc0512)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-date-error/112325/1 "2017-12-19T01:00:37Z")
`[2017-12-19T08:00:00,494][INFO][o.e.c.m.MetaDataCreateIndexService] [xxxxxhostname] .monitoring-es-6-2017.12.19] creating index, cause [auto(bulk api)], templates [.monitoring-es], shards [1]/[1], mappings [doc]`
the data is CTS-8 (shanghai/beijing) why the monitoring auto create is at 08:00 ?
how change it auto create with 00:00 ?
```
[hostname ~]# date
Tue Dec 19 09:00:54 CST 2017
```
thanks.
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2017, 6:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-date-error/112325/2 "2017-12-19T06:16:16Z")
Question moved to #x-pack
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### Author:  [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2017, 7:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-date-error/112325/3 "2017-12-19T07:14:37Z")
dates are stored in UTC within Elasticsearch - I suppose you are 8 hours away from UTC?
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### Author:  [@zqc0512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zqc0512)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2017, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-date-error/112325/4 "2017-12-19T07:17:32Z")
this is monitroing data about es ,
i don't change ?
how to change this about can create indices at 00:00 in CST localtime.
@spinscale
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### Author:  [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2017, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-date-error/112325/5 "2017-12-19T07:38:10Z")
Hey,
your dates are stored correctly, just in UTC. You can specify a timezone when querying, if you need to - but you cannot change the way how the data is stored.
Why is that a problem for you? Can you elaborate.
--Alex
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### Author:  [@zqc0512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zqc0512)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2017, 7:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-date-error/112325/6 "2017-12-19T07:41:19Z")
all date creat by days.. so it not good create ant am 8:00 create new indices .
can change the data time use CST not use UTC?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2018, 7:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-date-error/112325/7 "2018-01-16T07:41:28Z")
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