# Kibana TimeStamp Offset

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-timestamp-offset/210556>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 4, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-timestamp-offset/210556 "2019-12-04T15:18:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![wokmichel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wokmichel/32/48057_2.png) [@wokmichel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wokmichel)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-timestamp-offset/210556/1 "2019-12-04T15:18:43Z")

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Hello, I am wondering how Kibana is handling timestamps' timezones when presenting documents in the discover section.  
I was under the impression that Kibana would use the browser timezone if none was specified in the field but here is an example of a 1h offset when the timezone is not specified in the timestamp :

**Here is how the fields were created for this test :**

```
PUT plop

{
  "acknowledged" : true,
  "shards_acknowledged" : true,
  "index" : "plop"
}

---
PUT plop/_mapping
{
  "properties" :
  {
    "d" :
    {
      "type" : "date"
    }
  }
}

{
  "acknowledged" : true
}

---

PUT plop/_bulk
{ "create": {"_id":1} }
{"d" : "2019-11-12T00:11:33"}
{ "create": {"_id":2} }
{"d" : "2019-11-12T00:11:33+0100"}

>>>

{
  "took" : 56,
  "errors" : false,
  "items" : [
    {
      "create" : {
        "_index" : "plop",
        "_type" : "_doc",
        "_id" : "1",
        "_version" : 1,
        "result" : "created",
        "_shards" : {
          "total" : 2,
          "successful" : 2,
          "failed" : 0
        },
        "_seq_no" : 0,
        "_primary_term" : 1,
        "status" : 201
      }
    },
    {
      "create" : {
        "_index" : "plop",
        "_type" : "_doc",
        "_id" : "2",
        "_version" : 1,
        "result" : "created",
        "_shards" : {
          "total" : 2,
          "successful" : 2,
          "failed" : 0
        },
        "_seq_no" : 1,
        "_primary_term" : 1,
        "status" : 201
      }
    }
  ]
}

---

GET plop/_search

>>>

{
  "took" : 0,
  "timed_out" : false,
  "_shards" : {
    "total" : 1,
    "successful" : 1,
    "skipped" : 0,
    "failed" : 0
  },
  "hits" : {
    "total" : {
      "value" : 2,
      "relation" : "eq"
    },
    "max_score" : 1.0,
    "hits" : [
      {
        "_index" : "plop",
        "_type" : "_doc",
        "_id" : "1",
        "_score" : 1.0,
        "_source" : {
          "d" : "2019-11-12T00:11:33"
        }
      },
      {
        "_index" : "plop",
        "_type" : "_doc",
        "_id" : "2",
        "_score" : 1.0,
        "_source" : {
          "d" : "2019-11-12T00:11:33+0100"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

```

Here is what is presented in Kibana (with the javascript showing the browser's timezone)

 ![Kibana%20-%20offset](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/4/1413dd3263c3bd50f12d24e800c6939093fea002.png)

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**Author:** ![Aaron\_Caldwell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron_caldwell/32/45755_2.png) [@Aaron\_Caldwell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aaron_Caldwell)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-timestamp-offset/210556/2 "2019-12-04T23:23:17Z")

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Hello,

You should be able to update the timestamp in Management \> Advanced Settings. See [this issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fix-timestamp/90026/2) for reference.

Regards,  
Aaron

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**Author:** ![wokmichel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wokmichel/32/48057_2.png) [@wokmichel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wokmichel)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-timestamp-offset/210556/3 "2019-12-05T09:26:58Z")

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Hello and thanks for taking the time to reply.  
Sorry that I did not mention that I am aware of this setting that I had tried to modify without luck :

 ![Kibana%20-%20offset%20-%202](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/3/23a12f1d9b484a987338a4a248bb9b6caeb4eddb.jpeg)

In this instance, what I don't understand is why is Kibana trying to "re-adjust" the time when all the components share the same TimeZone (ElasticSearch, LogStash and Kibana)

What mechanism is trying to adjust the time ?  
Is it considering that the field without a timezone is a UTC time ?

Thanks

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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:** [January 2, 2020, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-timestamp-offset/210556/4 "2020-01-02T09:27:11Z")

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