# Time issue in kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/time-issue-in-kibana/49020>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 3, 2016, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/time-issue-in-kibana/49020 "2016-05-03T07:30:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![pecwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@pecwich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pecwich)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/time-issue-in-kibana/49020/1 "2016-05-03T07:30:42Z")

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Suppose I select an index in kibana : logstash-2016.05.01  
Which means that this index contains logs of the date 1st May, 2016.  
But after selecting the index, when I go to the discover tab, I still have default logs set to "Last 15 minutes"  
If I have to set the time again manually, what is the purpose of indexes?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/time-issue-in-kibana/49020/2 "2016-05-04T01:05:09Z")

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Indices are logical containers for data.  
Having one per day makes retention management easier.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/time-issue-in-kibana/49020/3 "2017-07-06T13:54:28Z")

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