# Date field saved as default timezone

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-field-saved-as-default-timezone/211143>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 9, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-field-saved-as-default-timezone/211143 "2019-12-09T14:48:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-field-saved-as-default-timezone/211143/3 "2019-12-10T12:45:36Z")

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All dates are stored in UTC (as milliseconds since the epoch, when using a `date` datatype). Kibana uses the browser timezone, you can change that, see [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/advanced-options.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/advanced-options.html)

You can also change/configure timezones on queries/aggregations if needed.

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