# Filebeat modules timestamp issue at elasticsearch end

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-modules-timestamp-issue-at-elasticsearch-end/174925>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [April 2, 2019, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-modules-timestamp-issue-at-elasticsearch-end/174925 "2019-04-02T07:28:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![vsalunkhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/eada6e/32.png) [@vsalunkhe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vsalunkhe)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-modules-timestamp-issue-at-elasticsearch-end/174925/1 "2019-04-02T07:28:24Z")

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Hi,

I have a server which serves two purposes:

1. Mail server
2. Normal Linux Server

I need to monitor the syslog messages for Mail Server and also need to enable the filebeat System modules to monitor System and Auth Messages of the Linux Server.

I am able to send data for both the usecases as mentioned in point 1 and 2 using the dataflow pipeline as filebeat --\> kafka --\> logstash --\> elasticsearch --\> kibana.

Lets come to the problem:  
For Mail server I am using logstash and mapping the timestamp to Asia/Kolkata and the data is sent correctly to elasticsearch

For filebeat I am using the elastcisearch ingest pipeline (which by default uses the UTC timezone), is sending the data in UTC Timestamp. I need this timestamp to be Asia/Kolkata. Now for this I know the solution of putting the timezone in the system and auth json files and setting the var.convert\_timezone: true in modules.d/system.yml. Its working.

But I have huge setup of 500 machines and I dont want to do these changes at filebeat end.

Can I apply a one time solution at the : "ELK" end to change the timezone to Asia/kolkata

Thanks,  
Vrushali S

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**Author:** ![Michal\_Pristas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michal_pristas/32/46639_2.png) [@Michal\_Pristas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michal_Pristas)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-modules-timestamp-issue-at-elasticsearch-end/174925/2 "2019-04-02T11:53:28Z")

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@logstash

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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:** [April 30, 2019, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-modules-timestamp-issue-at-elasticsearch-end/174925/3 "2019-04-30T11:53:39Z")

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