# 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:** ![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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