# @timestamp is showing a time in the future

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-is-showing-a-time-in-the-future/29421>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 16, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-is-showing-a-time-in-the-future/29421 "2015-09-16T15:23:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mgirndt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@mgirndt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mgirndt)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-is-showing-a-time-in-the-future/29421/1 "2015-09-16T15:23:22Z")

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The @timestamp date and time is showing 5 hours in the future. Why is this happening. Can someone help me in getting this fixed. This log came into elasticsearch not long after it posted.

```
           "@timestamp": "2015-09-16T15:03:44.489Z",
           "host": "",
           "path": "/opt/jboss/jboss7/standalone/log/server.log",
           "type": "jboss",
           "time": "September 16 2015 10:03:44,348",
           "level": "WARNING",
           "logger": "javax.enterprise.resource.webcontainer.jsf.lifecycle",
           "thread": "http-/0.0.0.0:8080-20",
           "tags": [
```

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**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 16, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-is-showing-a-time-in-the-future/29421/2 "2015-09-16T18:00:39Z")

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`@timestamp` is UTC while presumably your local timezone is UTC-5 (CDT?). This is by design. Do not attempt to "fix" it. Presentation layers should apply timezone correction as necessary. Kibana does this.

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**Author:** ![mgirndt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@mgirndt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mgirndt)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-is-showing-a-time-in-the-future/29421/3 "2015-09-16T18:26:05Z")

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Thanks

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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 5, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-is-showing-a-time-in-the-future/29421/4 "2017-07-05T23:49:56Z")

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