# Filebeat timestamp is shown with a 4hr offset
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-timestamp-is-shown-with-a-4hr-offset/343575
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 21, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-timestamp-is-shown-with-a-4hr-offset/343575 "2023-09-21T20:16:20Z")
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### Author:  [@artschooldropout](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/artschooldropout)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-timestamp-is-shown-with-a-4hr-offset/343575/1 "2023-09-21T20:16:20Z")
We have a Filebeat server (8.9) that ingests Syslog logs. The timestamp shown in GUI is 4 hours earlier than it should be. The timezone is set correctly in Kibana. The timestamp is correct when viewing JSON; it looks like: "@timestamp": "2023-09-21T16:12:00.000Z". In the GUI, it looks like
"Sep 21, 2023 @ 12:12:00.000". We're in EST timezone, if that matters. We did a packet capture on incoming logs - the timezone is correct.
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### Author:  [@artschooldropout](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/artschooldropout)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-timestamp-is-shown-with-a-4hr-offset/343575/2 "2023-09-21T20:19:57Z")
I should add that we also have a Zeek module running on the same Filebeat server, and the timestamps there are correct too!
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### Author:  [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2023, 7:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-timestamp-is-shown-with-a-4hr-offset/343575/3 "2023-09-22T07:42:26Z")
> [@artschooldropout](#):
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> it looks like: "@timestamp": "2023-09-21T16:12:00.000Z". In the GUI, it looks like
> "Sep 21, 2023 @ 12:12:00.000". We're in EST timezone,
This seems like the expected behaviour: the Z at the end of `2023-09-21T16:12:00.000Z` indicates that this time is in UTC, but you have configured Kibana to show times in EST which is (currently) UTC+4.
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### Author:  [@artschooldropout](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/artschooldropout)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-timestamp-is-shown-with-a-4hr-offset/343575/4 "2023-09-22T13:37:51Z")
Aha - ok thank you. I didn't know Kibana expected times to be in UTC but now that I think about it, it makes sense.
Thanks again for your help!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-timestamp-is-shown-with-a-4hr-offset/343575/5 "2023-10-20T13:38:12Z")
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