# Is auto-generated @timestamp field will always be in UTC timezone?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-auto-generated-timestamp-field-will-always-be-in-utc-timezone/248125>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 10, 2020, 7:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-auto-generated-timestamp-field-will-always-be-in-utc-timezone/248125 "2020-09-10T07:47:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![patilsharanu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f6c823/32.png) [@patilsharanu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/patilsharanu)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 7:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-auto-generated-timestamp-field-will-always-be-in-utc-timezone/248125/1 "2020-09-10T07:47:24Z")

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Query: @timestamp field is auto-generated and its in UTC timezone. Will is it always be in UTC or will it change in future releases?

```auto
[Input source](input.txt):
1524206424.034 19395 207.96.0.0 TCP_MISS/306 15363 GET http://elastic.co/android-chrome-192x192.gif - DIRECT/10.0.5.120 -
1524206424.145 106 207.96.0.0 TCP_HIT/202 68247 GET http://elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/images/logstash.gif - NONE/- image/gif

[logstash.conf]:
input {
  file {
    path => "/var/input_logs/*"
    start_position => "beginning"
    sincedb_path => "/dev/null"
  }
}
filter {
  dissect {
    mapping => {
      "message" => "%{timestamp->} %{duration} %{client_address} %{cache_result}/%{status_code} %{bytes} %{request_method} %{url} %{user} %{hierarchy_code}/%{server} %{content_type}"
    }
    remove_field => ["message"]
  }
}
output {
  elasticsearch {
     hosts => ["localhost:9200"]
     index => "deviceevent-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
     manage_template => false
  }
  stdout { codec => rubydebug }
}

Event generated in IST time zone @ [2020-09-10T11:11:56,898]
[output]:
{
	"status_code" => "306",
	"request_method" => "GET",
	"path" => "/var/input_logs/inputdoc.txt",
	"@timestamp" => 2020-09-10T05:41:57.254Z,
	"url" => "http://elastic.co/android-chrome-192x192.gif",
	"server" => "10.0.5.120",
	"host" => "docker-desktop",
	"timestamp" => "1524206424.034",
	"client_address" => "207.96.0.0",
	"duration" => "19395",
	"user" => "-",
	"bytes" => "15363",
	"cache_result" => "TCP_MISS",
	"hierarchy_code" => "DIRECT",
	"@version" => "1",
	"content_type" => "-\r"
}

```

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-auto-generated-timestamp-field-will-always-be-in-utc-timezone/248125/2 "2020-09-10T15:10:33Z")

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@timestamp is always in UTC. I cannot imagine that will change in the future.

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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 8, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-auto-generated-timestamp-field-will-always-be-in-utc-timezone/248125/3 "2020-10-08T15:10:38Z")

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