# New user - Time question

**URL:** <https://community.graylog.org/t/new-user-time-question/8541>\
**Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)\
**Created:** [January 27, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/new-user-time-question/8541 "2019-01-27T15:59:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rasmus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@Rasmus](https://community.graylog.org/u/Rasmus)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/new-user-time-question/8541/1 "2019-01-27T15:59:36Z")

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Hi  
I am having a problem with showing logs in searches.  
I have set up a Ubuntu graylog 3.0 server that recieves GELF UDP logs from a windows machine. The time zone on both machines and the time zone in /etc/graylog/server/server.conf are all set to Europa/Copenhagen (+1 hour).

I can see under system-\> indices that there are coming a lot of messages to my indices but if I go under sustem-\> Inputs -\> Show recieved messages no one is showed there. Also if I press show elasticsearch query I can see the timestamp “to”: is an hour behind the time set.

Hope someone can help me with a fix.  
Thanks  
Rasmus

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**Author:** ![jan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/jan/32/11_2.png) [@jan](https://community.graylog.org/u/jan)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 6:49am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/new-user-time-question/8541/2 "2019-01-28T06:49:23Z")

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the `root_timezone` is the timezone that is used for the user `root` that is hardcoded in Graylog present - nothing else.

The messages are stored in UTC - always - that is the reason you see the query beeing in the past. When you choose “all messages” as a timerage, did you see messages then?

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**Author:** ![Rasmus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@Rasmus](https://community.graylog.org/u/Rasmus)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 8:02am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/new-user-time-question/8541/3 "2019-01-28T08:02:38Z")

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Okay thanks for that info.

I found the problem. My time settings was set to sunday being the first day in the week and I am used to monday being the first. So when I was setting the time I took the last day in the week. So my logging machine was a day in the future 😔

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/graylog/original/3X/c/7/c7c09c6b5099570133d6502b83f50ba4430de5b6.png) [@system](https://community.graylog.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 8:13am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/new-user-time-question/8541/4 "2019-02-11T08:13:17Z")

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