# Logstash not applying correct system time to ingestion timestamp

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-applying-correct-system-time-to-ingestion-timestamp/335884>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 13, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-applying-correct-system-time-to-ingestion-timestamp/335884 "2023-06-13T14:39:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anthony\_Zottola](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anthony_zottola/32/122198_2.png) [@Anthony\_Zottola](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anthony_Zottola)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-applying-correct-system-time-to-ingestion-timestamp/335884/4 "2023-06-14T16:53:50Z")

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After doing more research and finding this: [Logstash Syslog @timestamp incorrect - #7 by BenB196](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-syslog-timestamp-incorrect/166658/7)

I fixed the issue by adding the timezone to my syslog input:

```auto
input {
    syslog {
        port => 5014
        timezone => "America/New_York"
    }
}

```

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