# Overwriting @timestamp in module

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/overwriting-timestamp-in-module/233463>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [May 20, 2020, 6:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/overwriting-timestamp-in-module/233463 "2020-05-20T06:08:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![nmoham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/77aa72/32.png) [@nmoham](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nmoham)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/overwriting-timestamp-in-module/233463/4 "2020-05-20T22:45:21Z")

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seeing a similar issue - [Custom filebeat module timezone conversion issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-filebeat-module-timezone-conversion-issue/233428)

In my case, the timestamp is parsed and set, but the timezone always off by -8 hrs, when viewing data in Kiaban. This is definitely not related to Kibana related settings, but something inside filebeat modules.

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