# How to set timezone?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-timezone/43865>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 9, 2016, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-timezone/43865 "2016-03-09T07:19:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![ggilat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@ggilat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ggilat)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-timezone/43865/1 "2016-03-09T07:19:29Z")

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Hi,

I will be thankful if you'll help me solved this problem:

1. My timezone is UTC + 2 **(Red Arrow in the pic)** but when i drill down into the event JSON the timestamp is 2 hour erlier **(Blue Arrow in the pic)**: **@timestamp": "2016-03-09T06:38:22.000Z"**.

![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/9/9d1c3a5d839dad8c6268825168e7799611c25068.jpg)

1. it means that i'm seeing "current" event two hour later.  
how can i fix it?

Thanks,  
Guy

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-timezone/43865/2 "2016-03-09T07:31:27Z")

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The `@timestamp` field is always UTC. This is by design. Do not attempt to "fix" this. By default Kibana automatically adjusts timestamps to the browser's timezone.

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**Author:** ![ggilat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@ggilat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ggilat)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 7:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-timezone/43865/3 "2016-03-09T07:43:02Z")

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Thanks.

that means i'm getting the events in two hours delay?

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-timezone/43865/4 "2016-03-09T08:37:48Z")

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No. It means that timestamps are stored in UTC but presented in whatever timezone you prefer.

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**Author:** ![Swime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@Swime](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Swime)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-timezone/43865/5 "2017-05-24T03:06:37Z")

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Hi，I try to add timezone in filter to change the timezone,but it didn't work.Could you tell me the reason? Thx  
 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/a/fa17045442a45ff90c5a37a80429796bada800ae.png)

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-timezone/43865/6 "2017-05-24T09:32:41Z")

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@Swime, please start a new thread for your question.

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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, 4:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-timezone/43865/7 "2017-07-06T04:26:21Z")

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