# Elasticsearch node start time and server time are different

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-node-start-time-and-server-time-are-different/56926>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 1, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-node-start-time-and-server-time-are-different/56926 "2016-08-01T20:07:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![shan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shan)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-node-start-time-and-server-time-are-different/56926/1 "2016-08-01T20:07:57Z")

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Hi,

I have restarted the elasticsearch and while looking the elasticsearch log its show the node start time as 15 GMT but the server time is 19 GMT. Due to this current log is delayed by 4 hours. Please anyone help to fix this time mismatch issue.

Thanks.

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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 5, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-node-start-time-and-server-time-are-different/56926/2 "2017-07-05T22:31:04Z")

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