# How to change beat output timestamp include timezone info

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-beat-output-timestamp-include-timezone-info/199645>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [September 16, 2019, 11:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-beat-output-timestamp-include-timezone-info/199645 "2019-09-16T11:20:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![varun1992](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3da27b/32.png) [@varun1992](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/varun1992)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 11:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-beat-output-timestamp-include-timezone-info/199645/1 "2019-09-16T11:20:55Z")

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I think by default beat timestamp output is UTC time.

Is there a way to change time to local time in all the beats ?

I tried add\_locale, but it didn't work

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**Author:** ![pmercado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/59ef9b/32.png) [@pmercado](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pmercado)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 12:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-beat-output-timestamp-include-timezone-info/199645/2 "2019-09-16T12:46:54Z")

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Hi @varun1992,

would this processor [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/add-locale.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/add-locale.html) help for your case?

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**Author:** ![varun1992](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3da27b/32.png) [@varun1992](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/varun1992)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-beat-output-timestamp-include-timezone-info/199645/3 "2019-09-16T13:35:30Z")

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but that not changing the @timestamp field date to local, it's value still UTC.  
How to change timestamp field value to local time

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-beat-output-timestamp-include-timezone-info/199645/4 "2019-09-16T14:20:02Z")

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All fields of type `date` like a timestamps are stored in Elasticsearch in UTC. They displayed in Kibana in the local timezone.

[Here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticseearch-timezone-i-appear-with-4-hours/189223/6) is a short explanation

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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:** [October 14, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-beat-output-timestamp-include-timezone-info/199645/5 "2019-10-14T16:20:04Z")

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