# Kibana timestamp in browser local time, but incoming logs UTC

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-timestamp-in-browser-local-time-but-incoming-logs-utc/57501>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [August 8, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-timestamp-in-browser-local-time-but-incoming-logs-utc/57501 "2016-08-08T16:23:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![LeeDr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leedr/32/9289_2.png) [@LeeDr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LeeDr)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-timestamp-in-browser-local-time-but-incoming-logs-utc/57501/2 "2016-08-08T17:00:42Z")

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Hi,

I think perhaps your data in Elasticsearch is OK and you just need to set the timezone to UTC in your Kibana Settings \> Advanced. The "dateFormat:tz" defaults to "browser". You should try changing that to "UTC".

Lee

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