# Kibana shows incorrect syslog\_timestamp version 6.5.4

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shows-incorrect-syslog-timestamp-version-6-5-4/171966
**Category:** Logstash
**Tags:** elastic-stack-graph
**Created:** [March 12, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shows-incorrect-syslog-timestamp-version-6-5-4/171966 "2019-03-12T13:58:57Z")
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### Author: ![Rocky\_RK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Rocky\_RK](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rocky_RK)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shows-incorrect-syslog-timestamp-version-6-5-4/171966/1 "2019-03-12T13:58:58Z")

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I have Below `logstash.conf` file, i see the data is processing correctly but today i see very weird issues where indices for `apic_logs` are not showing the correct `syslog_timestamp` .

```
input {
  file {
    path => ["/scratch/rsyslog/*/messages.log"]
    start_position => beginning
    sincedb_path => "/dev/null"
    max_open_files => 64000
    type => "noi-syslog"
  }
  file {
    path => ["/scratch/rsyslog_CISCO/*/network.log"]
    start_position => beginning
    sincedb_path => "/dev/null"
    max_open_files => 64000
    type => "apic_logs"
  }
}

filter {
  if [type] == "noi-syslog" {
    grok {
      match => { "message" => "%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP:syslog_timestamp } %{SYSLOGHOST:syslog_hostname} %{DATA:syslog_program}(?:\[%{POSINT:syslog_pid}\])?: %{GREEDYDATA:syslog_message}" }
      add_field => ["received_at", "%{@timestamp}"]
      #remove_field => ["host", "path"]
    }
    syslog_pri { }
    date {
      match => ["syslog_timestamp", "MMM d HH:mm:ss", "MMM dd HH:mm:ss"]
 }
}
  if [type] == "apic_logs" {
    grok {
      match => { "message" => "%{CISCOTIMESTAMP:syslog_timestamp} %{CISCOTIMESTAMP} %{SYSLOGHOST:syslog_hostname} (?<prog>[\w._/%-]+) %{SYSLOG5424SD:fault_code}%{SYSLOG5424SD:fault_state}%{SYSLOG5424SD:crit_info}%{SYSLOG5424SD:log_severity}%{SYSLOG5424SD:log_info} %{GREEDYDATA:syslog_message}" }
      add_field => ["received_at", "%{@timestamp}"]
      #remove_field => ["host", "path"]
    }
    syslog_pri { }
    date {
      match => ["syslog_timestamp", "MMM d HH:mm:ss", "MMM dd HH:mm:ss"]
  }
 }
}
output {
        if [type] == "noi-syslog" {
        elasticsearch {
                hosts => "noida-elk:9200"
                manage_template => false
                index => "noi-syslog-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
                document_type => "messages"
  }
 }
}

output {
        if [type] == "apic_logs" {
        elasticsearch {
                hosts => "noida-elk:9200"
                manage_template => false
                index => "apic_logs-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
                document_type => "messages"
  }
 }
}

```

## Indices For the apic\_logs:

```
$ curl -s -XGET http://127.0.0.1:9200/_cat/indices?v | grep apic_logs
green open apic_logs-2019.02.14 no1Pc0fsQZuTqlbXiBPgVQ 5 1 4322391 0 1.9gb 992.7mb
green open apic_logs-2019.02.21 VRaK8BPyT26BzMPrkW4kkw 5 1 7425060 0 3.2gb 1.6gb
green open apic_logs-2019.01.13 a9R22M4hTei_hP5vDFofJg 5 1 15929 0 5.5mb 2.7mb
green open apic_logs-2019.03.07 ek3KGV1YQBi1Z3aTLB-SJA 5 1 4875726 0 2.2gb 1.1gb
green open apic_logs-2019.02.15 IXfTfEVKQxK5SFFbSkhoqA 5 1 3932260 0 1.7gb 902.9mb
green open apic_logs-2019.01.29 yp2NpE2-SQq0E0EeBSZUUQ 5 1 18427 0 6.5mb 3.2mb
green open apic_logs-2019.03.09 r8-MiHgoQN-LKs_Hw4Y6dg 5 1 2737714 0 1.2gb 624mb
green open apic_logs-2019.01.27 BDz-yYirT9-LhuW7UlkHhw 5 1 18646 0 6.6mb 3.3mb
green open apic_logs-2019.02.13 tvJ5FhR7S520yuVGJyw1GQ 5 1 10091998 0 4.5gb 2.2gb
green open apic_logs-2019.01.17 k_UieSYPTiGg-DZfvKMFZA 5 1 18414 0 6.6mb 3.3mb
green open apic_logs-2019.02.28 2WhQslGqRcWk6Y_otwfY7Q 5 1 5226033 0 2.3gb 1.1gb
green open apic_logs-2019.03.06 20LuKcQhTZa6QlowBEJWpA 5 1 5056087 0 2.3gb 1.1gb
green open apic_logs-2019.02.11 Q546DnhiTgCgIZ4rAdXbgA 5 1 5562247 0 1.8gb 967.2mb
green open apic_logs-2019.01.11 K43puyKrQVOPrfKmL6aAUA 5 1 17062 0 6.2mb 3.1mb
green open apic_logs-2019.03.04 FHB6TfXKTAy6tbi1F5IRJw 5 1 4281349 0 1.9gb 992.8mb
green open apic_logs-2019.01.26 pezb8a9ARQ-V5SOeZNwQhg 5 1 18471 0 6.4mb 3.2mb
green open apic_logs-2019.03.12 iWUX2qALSbev8KRHvX4Frw 5 1 13257835 0 7gb 3.5gb
green open apic_logs-2019.01.16 _H_YylVIRkqSi3lCFWR5wA 5 1 18294 0 6.7mb 3.3mb
green open apic_logs-2019.02.17 2cgxLIOcTZy9ZaqHqGg4VQ 5 1 4304920 0 1.8gb 966.5mb
green open apic_logs-2019.03.01 eUmq-H9kSnCKm9HSFqlwOw 5 1 4772930 0 2.1gb 1gb
green open apic_logs-2019.02.22 R1y-aos4SFapJmRMoC4kPA 5 1 10721569 0 4.6gb 2.3gb
green open apic_logs-2019.03.08 4m4bA6YmTmKG1ry04ekMGw 5 1 3643720 0 1.6gb 849.5mb
green open apic_logs-2019.03.11 xCsqLp0KRyymUFzWwqOkdw 5 1 13596920 0 5.9gb 2.9gb
green open apic_logs-2019.01.15 zs4Y0jxnR0eCyvfHEwRNiQ 5 1 18309 0 6.6mb 3.3mb
green open apic_logs-2019.01.23 R87m0dAoQmWm-cT2UyXWAA 5 1 19035 0 7.1mb 3.5mb
green open apic_logs-2019.01.18 sAM_fH_MTRWY7iPazmpHZw 5 1 18371 0 6.7mb 3.3mb
green open apic_logs-2019.02.25 5KMLpMijTvilD3_UqiwReA 5 1 10537317 0 4.5gb 2.2gb
green open apic_logs-2019.02.19 rZ0LgjA5Tjegh5YCjOyZvg 5 1 3585512 0 1.6gb 820.9mb
```

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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: [March 12, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shows-incorrect-syslog-timestamp-version-6-5-4/171966/3 "2019-03-12T15:01:46Z")

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You do not have a date filter for apic\_logs. The syslog\_timestamp field matches the start of the message field as expected. What's the problem?

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### Author: ![Rocky\_RK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Rocky\_RK](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rocky_RK)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shows-incorrect-syslog-timestamp-version-6-5-4/171966/4 "2019-03-12T15:16:47Z")

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my bad, let me check on that.

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### Author: ![Rocky\_RK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Rocky\_RK](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rocky_RK)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shows-incorrect-syslog-timestamp-version-6-5-4/171966/5 "2019-03-12T16:52:25Z")

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@Badger, i have updated the config file which was missed during post, but fact is still i'm getting same issues both for `noi-syslog` and `apic_logs`.

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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: [March 12, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shows-incorrect-syslog-timestamp-version-6-5-4/171966/6 "2019-03-12T17:06:36Z")

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Hard to reconcile this. If you have a date filter and the field you are matching exists, then if the field is parsed the target (@timestamp) is updated, otherwise you get a \_dateparsefailure tag. The only time I know of when @timestamp is unchanged and there is no tag is when the source field (syslog\_timestamp) does not exist.

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### Author: ![Rocky\_RK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Rocky\_RK](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rocky_RK)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shows-incorrect-syslog-timestamp-version-6-5-4/171966/7 "2019-03-12T17:10:34Z")

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hmm.. Is there anything bad in the filter section which i'm missing?

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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: [March 12, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shows-incorrect-syslog-timestamp-version-6-5-4/171966/8 "2019-03-12T17:34:17Z")

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I cannot see anything wrong with the filter.

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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: [April 9, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shows-incorrect-syslog-timestamp-version-6-5-4/171966/10 "2019-04-09T17:50:44Z")

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