# Kibana log time doesn't match system time

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-log-time-doesnt-match-system-time/233382>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 19, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-log-time-doesnt-match-system-time/233382 "2020-05-19T17:39:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![lnitin12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@lnitin12](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lnitin12)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-log-time-doesnt-match-system-time/233382/1 "2020-05-19T17:39:41Z")

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Timestamp in kibana doesn't match time on the system.  
Kibana log shows it is 7 hours ahead of system time, ntpd service seems to be active and running.  
Anyone faced this issue..??

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**Author:** ![lnitin12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@lnitin12](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lnitin12)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-log-time-doesnt-match-system-time/233382/2 "2020-05-19T17:41:06Z")

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@Larry_Gregory can you please help.?

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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:** [May 19, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-log-time-doesnt-match-system-time/233382/3 "2020-05-19T21:20:36Z")

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Logs should be in the UTC timezone.

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**Author:** ![lnitin12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@lnitin12](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lnitin12)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-log-time-doesnt-match-system-time/233382/4 "2020-05-19T22:19:01Z")

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Got it i was able to update timezone in kibana using logging.timezone.. I have another issue i'm unable to rotate logs in kibana 7.5 version, log just gets filled into same file.

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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:** [June 16, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-log-time-doesnt-match-system-time/233382/5 "2020-06-16T22:19:11Z")

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