# Rotate on time

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rotate-on-time/138927>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [July 6, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rotate-on-time/138927 "2018-07-06T13:45:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Tuckson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@Tuckson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tuckson)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rotate-on-time/138927/1 "2018-07-06T13:45:19Z")

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Hi,

Is it possible to make filebeat rotate a file based on time instead of on filesize? So that you can make it rotate once per hour or once per day or whatever you choose?

Cheers, Eric

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**Author:** ![adrisr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/adrisr/32/25423_2.png) [@adrisr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adrisr)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rotate-on-time/138927/2 "2018-07-06T14:16:51Z")

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Currently, it's only possible to rotate beats logs on size. Feel free to open an [enhancement request](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/new) with this feature.

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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 3, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rotate-on-time/138927/3 "2018-08-03T14:16:55Z")

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