# HOW-TO: set the time picker to "This month"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-the-time-picker-to-this-month/46045>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 1, 2016, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-the-time-picker-to-this-month/46045 "2016-04-01T11:02:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![nskalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@nskalis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nskalis)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-the-time-picker-to-this-month/46045/1 "2016-04-01T11:02:28Z")

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Hi guys,

If you go to Kibana \> Settings \> Advanced \> time picker  
it sets the default time filter on the top-right of Kibana UI  
for example:  
`{ "from": "now-24h", "to": "now", "mode": "quick" }`

Could somebody please help me and advise the equivalent  
of the "Quick" mode also for the option `This month`

How the JSON setting would look like then ?

Nikos

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-the-time-picker-to-this-month/46045/2 "2016-04-01T15:14:45Z")

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Hi Nikos,

I believe the value you are looking for is:

```
{
  "from": "now/M",
  "to": "now/M",
  "mode": "quick"
}
```

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**Author:** ![nskalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@nskalis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nskalis)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-the-time-picker-to-this-month/46045/3 "2016-04-01T18:19:21Z")

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Thanks. Indeed.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-the-time-picker-to-this-month/46045/4 "2017-07-06T13:57:10Z")

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