# Problem with Kibana timestamp format

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-kibana-timestamp-format/310366>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 22, 2022, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-kibana-timestamp-format/310366 "2022-07-22T06:42:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![bobus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@bobus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bobus)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-kibana-timestamp-format/310366/1 "2022-07-22T06:42:11Z")

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A newbie question for you:

On my Kibana "discover" page, timestamps appear as "`2022-07-Th 18:21:00.234`" (Th for Thursday rather than 21st of the month).

Under Stack Mgmt --\> advance settings, the format is `DD.MM.YY @ HH:mm:ss.SSS`, so I can't see where the problem lies. Why does it not follow this format? Where must I go to fix the incorrect setting?

Thanks for any help.  
George

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**Author:** ![flash1293](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/flash1293/32/41227_2.png) [@flash1293](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/flash1293)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 8:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-kibana-timestamp-format/310366/2 "2022-07-22T08:30:05Z")

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Check your time field in the data view - maybe there's a special formatter configured on that field?

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**Author:** ![bobus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@bobus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bobus)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 8:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-kibana-timestamp-format/310366/3 "2022-07-22T08:47:31Z")

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Thanks for answering, but I don't understand what you mean by "data view".

I'm a newbie with ELK, it's a very small part of my job, so....

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**Author:** ![flash1293](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/flash1293/32/41227_2.png) [@flash1293](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/flash1293)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-kibana-timestamp-format/310366/4 "2022-07-22T09:36:31Z")

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If you are using an older version of Kibana they are called "index pattern" - exact same concept, but they got renamed recently

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**Author:** ![bobus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@bobus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bobus)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-kibana-timestamp-format/310366/5 "2022-07-22T10:06:51Z")

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I'm using v7.14. I can't see "index patterns" either. I'm on the "Discover" page.

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**Author:** ![flash1293](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/flash1293/32/41227_2.png) [@flash1293](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/flash1293)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-kibana-timestamp-format/310366/6 "2022-07-22T12:32:54Z")

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It's under Stack management

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**Author:** ![bobus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@bobus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bobus)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-kibana-timestamp-format/310366/7 "2022-07-22T12:51:38Z")

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Yes, I found what you're referring to and fixed it, thanks a bunch!!!

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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:** [August 19, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-kibana-timestamp-format/310366/8 "2022-08-19T12:52:20Z")

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