# Logviewing - filebeat - Timestamp

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logviewing-filebeat-timestamp/268375>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [March 25, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logviewing-filebeat-timestamp/268375 "2021-03-25T15:36:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Akhil2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Akhil2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Akhil2)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logviewing-filebeat-timestamp/268375/1 "2021-03-25T15:36:58Z")

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Hello there,

I am exploring ELK capabilities for log viewing.

I understand how to ingest log data into elasticsearch through filebeat and viewing from Kibana. but I noticed that if I select timestamp while creating index, the time it shows is when the file was ingested.

but I want to be able to see the time which is in my log entries. I am not sure how.

Can anyone please tell me the right way to do it if they have done it before?

Thanks,  
Akhil

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logviewing-filebeat-timestamp/268375/2 "2021-03-25T20:18:18Z")

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Perhaps take a look at [this](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/processor-timestamp.html)

And this has tripped up a few folks

**The `layouts` are described using a reference time that is based on this specific time:**

`Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 MST 2006`

Since MST is GMT-0700, the reference time is:

`01/02 03:04:05PM '06 -0700`

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**Author:** ![Akhil2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Akhil2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Akhil2)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logviewing-filebeat-timestamp/268375/3 "2021-03-25T20:34:50Z")

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Thanks Stephan. let me look into it.

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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:** [April 22, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logviewing-filebeat-timestamp/268375/4 "2021-04-22T22:35:09Z")

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