# Make time column smaller in Discover view

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-time-column-smaller-in-discover-view/157065>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 16, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-time-column-smaller-in-discover-view/157065 "2018-11-16T13:35:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mark\_DeMichele](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_demichele/32/55334_2.png) [@Mark\_DeMichele](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_DeMichele)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-time-column-smaller-in-discover-view/157065/1 "2018-11-16T13:35:19Z")

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I would like to make the Time column in the discover tab take up less screen width. There are two ways I can imagine doing this.

1. Allow it to wrap between the date and time.
2. Change the format to use something like 11/16/2018 07:12:45

I tried to accomplish #2 with a scripted field and converting to a string, but then I lose the ability for people in different timezones to see the time relative to their timezone.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this.

I did change the global date format to MM/DD/YY, HH:mm:ss which does basically address my issue, but that will change it everywhere. I was hoping to instead just have a solution that affected the Discover table only.

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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:** [December 14, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-time-column-smaller-in-discover-view/157065/2 "2018-12-14T13:35:26Z")

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