# Time field not showing correct timestamp in Kibana logs

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/time-field-not-showing-correct-timestamp-in-kibana-logs/216781
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [January 28, 2020, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/time-field-not-showing-correct-timestamp-in-kibana-logs/216781 "2020-01-28T08:27:43Z")
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### Author: ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/time-field-not-showing-correct-timestamp-in-kibana-logs/216781/2 "2020-01-28T12:58:15Z")

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You have to recreate your index pattern and set the @logtimestamp field as your time field, instead of @timestamp. It's in the second step of the wizard.

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