# Date to CST

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-to-cst/169615
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [February 22, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-to-cst/169615 "2019-02-22T17:27:34Z")
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### Author: ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-to-cst/169615/3 "2019-02-22T17:59:43Z")

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I just want to keep what ever the time it is. what is it converting ot

[root@test1]# echo "04-12-2018 11:45:17" | /usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash -f test.conf

{  
"@version" =\> "1",  
"completed" =\> 2018-12-04T17:45:17.000Z,  
"message" =\> "04-12-2018 11:45:17",  
"@timestamp" =\> 2019-02-22T17:44:23.267Z,  
}  
Difference is +6  
if I do etc/GMT-6 = 2018-12-04T05:45:17.000Z, ( 6 hour behind.)

I simply just want to keep whatever this time is.  
I am in "America/Chicago" timezone.

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