# Email output @timestamp field as non UTC timezone?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-output-timestamp-field-as-non-utc-timezone/58554>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 22, 2016, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-output-timestamp-field-as-non-utc-timezone/58554 "2016-08-22T07:45:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![abcfy2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abcfy2/32/453_2.png) [@abcfy2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abcfy2)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-output-timestamp-field-as-non-utc-timezone/58554/1 "2016-08-22T07:45:53Z")

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Hi all:

I'm using logstash email output for alerting, and everything works very well.

The only question is that, how do I use non UTC timezone for my email body?

Here is my config:

```ruby
output {
    if "email_alert" in [tags] {
        email {
            address => "smtp.exmail.qq.com"
            authentication => "login"
            username => "user"
            password => "password"
            to => "group@mydomain.com"
            from => "Logstash<logstash@mydomain.com>"
            body => "timestamp: %{@timestamp} \n message: %{detail}" # <====== @timestamp is UTC time like 2016-08-22T07:12:28.663Z
            subject => "server %{host} %{type} altering: %{content}"
            contenttype => "text/plain; charset=UTF-8"
        }
    }
}

```

So `@timestamp` is like `2016-08-22T07:12:28.663Z`, which is an UTC time. Is there any way to format this field as other timezone? Thanks.

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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:** [August 22, 2016, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-output-timestamp-field-as-non-utc-timezone/58554/2 "2016-08-22T08:27:10Z")

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> Is there any way to format this field as other timezone?

No, not unless you use a ruby filter to save the timestamp in the desired timezone to a separate field.

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**Author:** ![abcfy2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abcfy2/32/453_2.png) [@abcfy2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abcfy2)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-output-timestamp-field-as-non-utc-timezone/58554/3 "2016-08-22T08:29:13Z")

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Ah. Thanks, I know.

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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, 4:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-output-timestamp-field-as-non-utc-timezone/58554/4 "2017-07-06T04:42:21Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 4:42am UTC