# Logstash Output to Elasticsearch Timezone
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-to-elasticsearch-timezone/94296
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [July 24, 2017, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-to-elasticsearch-timezone/94296 "2017-07-24T09:38:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@jogoinar10](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jogoinar10)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2017, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-to-elasticsearch-timezone/94296/1 "2017-07-24T09:38:10Z")
This is my output snippet.
```
output {
elasticsearch {
hosts => "localhost"
index => "logstash-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
}
stdout {
codec => rubydebug
}
}
```
On my index, I got the index of the next day. So i don have 2 index in the same day.
As what i've read the some other post, it is because of the UTC standard of the logstash.
Is there a way to adjust the timezone of the output index. For ex. timezone =\> MNL/PHL
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### Author:  [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-to-elasticsearch-timezone/94296/2 "2017-07-26T05:50:45Z")
You could create another field with the date in your local timezone and reference that field in the `index` option.
Why does this even matter?
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### Author:  [@jogoinar10](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jogoinar10)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2017, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-to-elasticsearch-timezone/94296/3 "2017-07-26T07:40:44Z")
> You could create another field with the date in your local timezone and reference that field in the index option.
For example I have a field in my data which is @timestamp, therefore can I use this field?
```
output {
elasticsearch {
hosts => "localhost"
index => "logstash-%{@timestamp}"
}
stdout {
codec => rubydebug
}
}
```
> Why does this even matter?
For me to check if there's data stored in my server in the specific date. Or I can check today if there's data today.
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### Author:  [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2017, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-to-elasticsearch-timezone/94296/4 "2017-07-26T08:14:43Z")
> For example I have a field in my data which is @timestamp, therefore can I use this field?
No, `@timestamp` is UTC so you can't use it without converting its value into a date string in the local timezone. That could be done with a ruby filter. I don't have details handy so you'll have to do some digging.
> For me to check if there's data stored in my server in the specific date. Or I can check today if there's data today.
Just include the desired date range in your ES query instead.
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### Author:  [@jogoinar10](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jogoinar10)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2017, 8:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-to-elasticsearch-timezone/94296/5 "2017-07-26T08:17:08Z")
Noted @magnusbaeck. Thank you very much! 👍
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2017, 8:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-to-elasticsearch-timezone/94296/6 "2017-08-23T08:17:10Z")
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