# Timestamp field has a 5 minutes delay **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [September 7, 2017, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-field-has-a-5-minutes-delay/99679 "2017-09-07T07:59:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-field-has-a-5-minutes-delay/99679/5 "2017-09-07T11:41:56Z")
> I did check the output of logstash and the time is correct … What, exactly, do you mean by that? > tried to modify the max\_bulk\_size same problem Why would changing that option help? > is there a way to delete the @timestamp send by filebeat in logstash > and add the actual time of the elk server The date filter does exactly that but it's possible that you've misconfigured it. Are you sending the events to Logstash for processing or is Filebeat sending directly to ES? Show the configuration of both Filebeat and Logstash and post an example event from Elasticsearch (e.g. by copying/pasting from Kibana's JSON tab). --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-field-has-a-5-minutes-delay/99679)._