# Modifying Output Time in File Plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modifying-output-time-in-file-plugin/159223>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 3, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modifying-output-time-in-file-plugin/159223 "2018-12-03T17:08:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![wwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/43a26b/32.png) [@wwalker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wwalker)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modifying-output-time-in-file-plugin/159223/1 "2018-12-03T17:08:48Z")

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Using the file plugin to output processed data to a .gzip file. I am using the time in YYYYMMdd-H format to create a new file every hour. However, the hour that is being used is UTC time. Is it possible to pull the hour for the timezone I am in?

Example: current time is 11:00 AM, file is being timestamped with 5:00 PM.

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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 31, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modifying-output-time-in-file-plugin/159223/2 "2018-12-31T17:08:54Z")

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