# Logstash filter date

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filter-date/152382>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 14, 2018, 11:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filter-date/152382 "2018-10-14T11:30:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Pirate\_Trkmn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/977dab/32.png) [@Pirate\_Trkmn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pirate_Trkmn)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 11:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filter-date/152382/1 "2018-10-14T11:30:22Z")

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hi i used date filter as:  
date {  
match =\> ["log\_timestamp", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"]  
}  
filter is working but in log\_timestamp it shows 2016-12-31 22:31:24, in @timestamp it is January 1st 2017, 02:31:24.  
how can i solve it

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filter-date/152382/2 "2018-10-14T12:08:09Z")

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The `@timestamp` field is always in UTC timezone, which is what Elasticsearch requires, which may explain the offset compared to local time that you are seeing.

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**Author:** ![Pirate\_Trkmn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/977dab/32.png) [@Pirate\_Trkmn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pirate_Trkmn)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filter-date/152382/3 "2018-10-14T16:48:56Z")

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yes i figured out it was because of difference daylight now how can i solve this problem and make my log time matches with @timestamp field

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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:** [November 11, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filter-date/152382/4 "2018-11-11T16:52:15Z")

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