# Events from the future on WEC

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/events-from-the-future-on-wec/221495>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** winlogbeat\
**Created:** [February 28, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/events-from-the-future-on-wec/221495 "2020-02-28T22:36:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![artem.n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@artem.n](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/artem.n)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/events-from-the-future-on-wec/221495/1 "2020-02-28T22:36:33Z")

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Winlogbeat 7.6 is installed on WEC. "ignore\_older: 72h" is set.  
If the events being forwarded have a date greater than the WEC server date and "ignore\_older" is set, then such events will be ignored. Events from the future will be ignored.  
Is it a bug, or am I doing something wrong?

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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:** [March 27, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/events-from-the-future-on-wec/221495/2 "2020-03-27T22:48:42Z")

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