# Kibana Timezone **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [September 14, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-timezone/29270 "2015-09-14T17:00:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![michaellizhou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michaellizhou/32/4143_2.png) [@michaellizhou](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/michaellizhou)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-timezone/29270/1 "2015-09-14T17:00:02Z")
Is there a way to edit Kibana's time zone. So I am pulling logs that are EDT and when i use the date filter in logstash I use the America/New York timezone. So is there a way to change Kibana's default timezone of UTC? Thanks, M ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-timezone/29270/2 "2015-09-14T17:01:57Z")
The `@timestamp` field is by definition UTC but Kibana is supposed to adjust it to the browser's time zone. ---
**Author:** ![michaellizhou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michaellizhou/32/4143_2.png) [@michaellizhou](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/michaellizhou)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-timezone/29270/3 "2015-09-14T17:18:30Z")
Yeah so I think there is a logical problem of how I am setting the date. Because when I am on Kibana and select last 15 minutes its behind 4 hours. So its really not "last 15 minutes". I think its the conversion of UTC to EDT. Here is a flow: message (EDT) =\> logstash (america/new york) =\> Kibana (EDT) So should I change the @timestamp field to UTC? I have it as america/New york when it does through logstash. This means there will be a 4 hour gap between when the messagetime and @timestamp field when viewed on kibana. ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-timezone/29270/4 "2015-09-14T17:42:26Z")
With `timezone => "America/New York"`, Logstash's date filter will parse the input string as EST/EDT, store it in `@timestamp` as UTC, and everything will work fine in Kibana. Are you saying that you despite this somehow are ending up with something other than UTC in `@timestamp`? Look at a raw message in Elasticsearch (or what Logstash actually sends) and check the difference between `@timestamp` and the input timestamp. ---
**Author:** ![rapolu\_vinod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9e8a1a/32.png) [@rapolu\_vinod](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rapolu_vinod)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-timezone/29270/5 "2016-11-09T12:21:45Z")
should we change timezone of kibana in kibana configuration file? ---
**Author:** ![lester015](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cc9497/32.png) [@lester015](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lester015)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-timezone/29270/6 "2017-03-17T08:48:28Z")
hi rapolu\_vinod, you can setting the timezone in the kibana web. Setting--\>Advanced---\> DateFormat:tz ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-timezone/29270/7 "2017-07-06T13:32:41Z")