# @timestamp date different from index name date

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-date-different-from-index-name-date/219615>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [February 17, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-date-different-from-index-name-date/219615 "2020-02-17T12:23:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![varun1992](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3da27b/32.png) [@varun1992](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/varun1992)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-date-different-from-index-name-date/219615/1 "2020-02-17T12:23:06Z")

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I am getting different dates in @timestamp field and \_index name field as shown in picture

![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/1/91a3f4db6adc01214fd150f2c9b5b14d21f955eb.png)

My filebeat.yml output as below

![Capture1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/e/1ed145e1502f45d7e960ae329eb46ab0e24181df.png)

Please help, Thanks

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**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-date-different-from-index-name-date/219615/2 "2020-02-18T17:13:17Z")

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`@timestamp` is the timestamp of the log and it gets inserted into the index ending in -2020.02.17 because it was read by Filebeat on 17/02/2020.  
What is the problem or question?

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**Author:** ![Heber\_Leandro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/heber_leandro/32/62745_2.png) [@Heber\_Leandro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Heber_Leandro)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-date-different-from-index-name-date/219615/3 "2020-02-19T14:55:31Z")

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![Screenshot from 2020-02-19 11-49-45](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/c/8cecc8a06fedcf95291e9729ed1835ca4fd37c7d.png)

why in this situation @timestamp is different, I don't understand.

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**Author:** ![shaunak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaunak/32/6643_2.png) [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-date-different-from-index-name-date/219615/4 "2020-02-19T15:02:16Z")

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@Heber_Leandro, in your screenshot it looks like the timestamp is off by exactly 3 hours. Also notice that the timestamp on the left side does not have a time zone whereas the one on the right side does (Z = Zulu = UTC). Are you, by any chance, viewing Kibana from a UTC-0300 time zone location?

Shaunak

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**Author:** ![Heber\_Leandro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/heber_leandro/32/62745_2.png) [@Heber\_Leandro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Heber_Leandro)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-date-different-from-index-name-date/219615/5 "2020-02-19T18:32:33Z")

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yes I am. I think I understand now.

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**Author:** ![varun1992](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3da27b/32.png) [@varun1992](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/varun1992)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 7:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-date-different-from-index-name-date/219615/6 "2020-02-20T07:07:51Z")

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TimeStamp value is read by mssql module from the log itself. so it is not beat reading time, it should be actual log creation time. so it is the problem

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**Author:** ![varun1992](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3da27b/32.png) [@varun1992](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/varun1992)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-date-different-from-index-name-date/219615/7 "2020-02-24T15:19:00Z")

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Any help ?

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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:** [March 23, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-date-different-from-index-name-date/219615/8 "2020-03-23T15:19:00Z")

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