# Ingest Pipeline - Date Processor Timezone **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [April 5, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-pipeline-date-processor-timezone/329457 "2023-04-05T19:40:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tmslara.a](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tmslara.a/32/116339_2.png) [@tmslara.a](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tmslara.a)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-pipeline-date-processor-timezone/329457/1 "2023-04-05T19:40:49Z")
Hello, I'm trying to configure an ingest pipeline using Kibana. I'm ingesting data into Elasticsearch using filebeat and this pipeline. Among other fields, I'm ingesting the document's timestamp. To "parse" the date from the input into Elasticsearch I'm using the Date processor. I want to specify that the timestamp that I'm ingesting is not in UTC but in my server's local timezone. How can I configure the processor to use my local timezone? Best regards, ---
**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-pipeline-date-processor-timezone/329457/2 "2023-04-05T20:10:27Z")
> [@tmslara.a](#): > > How can I configure the processor to use my local timezone? You need to use the `timezone` option as described in the [documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/date-processor.html#date-processor). ---
**Author:** ![tmslara.a](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tmslara.a/32/116339_2.png) [@tmslara.a](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tmslara.a)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-pipeline-date-processor-timezone/329457/3 "2023-04-05T20:32:16Z")
Thank you for your answer. I understand that I have to configure the timezone option. However, I'm not sure of the option that I should specify to set the timezone to 'local' or 'browser' ---
**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-pipeline-date-processor-timezone/329457/4 "2023-04-05T21:31:26Z")
> [@tmslara.a](#): > > However, I'm not sure of the option that I should specify to set the timezone to 'local' or 'browser' The timezone in the date processor should be set to the timezone of your log that is using your server local timezone as you said. So you need to get the name of the timezone that your server is and put this in the timezone option in the date processor. For example, if the timestamp in the logs messages are in the New York timezone, you would use `America/New_York` in the date processor. ---
**Author:** ![tmslara.a](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tmslara.a/32/116339_2.png) [@tmslara.a](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tmslara.a)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-pipeline-date-processor-timezone/329457/5 "2023-04-05T21:57:26Z")
Thanks. I set my timezone manually and it worked. I wanted to know if this timezone could be automatically set based on my server. As far as I understand (from your answert) it is not possible. However, this is the solution. Thanks again. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-pipeline-date-processor-timezone/329457/6 "2023-04-05T22:37:25Z")
> [@tmslara.a](#): > > Thanks. > > I set my timezone manually and it worked. I wanted to know if this timezone could be automatically set based on my server. As far as I understand (from your answert) it is not possible. > > However, this is the solution. Thanks again. What are you using to ship the logs to elasticsearch? Filebeat or Elastic Agent should do this for you assuming your server has the correct timezone ---
**Author:** ![tmslara.a](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tmslara.a/32/116339_2.png) [@tmslara.a](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tmslara.a)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-pipeline-date-processor-timezone/329457/7 "2023-04-06T13:53:33Z")
I'm using filebeat ---
**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:** [April 6, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-pipeline-date-processor-timezone/329457/8 "2023-04-06T15:48:39Z")
So check the timezone of the server.... filebeat uses the timezone of the server when it ships logs, it does convert that to UTC so you can test this by setting [adding the locale](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/add-locale.html) ```auto processors: - add_locale: ~ ``` And then run and look at the output and check to see if it is accurate example `{"@timestamp":"2023-04-06T15:46:19.877Z","@metadata":{"beat":"filebeat","type":"_doc","version":"8.6.2"},"event":{"timezone":"-07:00"} ....` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-pipeline-date-processor-timezone/329457/9 "2023-05-04T15:49:32Z")
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