# Date getting converted to UTC

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-getting-converted-to-utc/48546>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 27, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-getting-converted-to-utc/48546 "2016-04-27T12:25:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AM51](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@AM51](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AM51)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-getting-converted-to-utc/48546/1 "2016-04-27T12:25:02Z")

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Date is automatically getting converted to UTC Timezone . How to specify timezone for the date fields . I am using logstash  
Thanks  
Archit

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-getting-converted-to-utc/48546/2 "2016-04-28T19:37:01Z")

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By design the date filter converts parsed timestamps to UTC. This is not configurable.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-getting-converted-to-utc/48546/3 "2017-07-06T05:00:04Z")

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