vector vrl -z（timezone） not effective？

[lddlww]

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Problem

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vector vrl:

vector vrl -z Asia/Shanghai

timezone it not effect at all；how can i do to solve it？

Configuration

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Version

vector 0.41.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu 745babd 2024-09-11 14:55:36.802851761)

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[jszwedko]

Hi @lddlww !

Internally in Vector/VRL all timestamps are in UTC. The timezone is only used for parsing timestamps that lack a timezone. This is definitely a bit confusing. https://github.com/vectordotdev/vector/issues/3333 is a tracking issue for having timestamps actually encode a timezone (in which case now() would be in Asia/Shangai like you are expecting).

Let me know if that doesn't clear it up.

[lddlww]

thanks for reply so is vector also the same？ i mean vector tz is always utc， even if the timezone is set？

follow logs timezone is always utc，after set timezone=“Asia/Shanghai”

[jszwedko]

so is vector also the same？ i mean vector tz is always utc， even if the timezone is set？

That's correct, timestamps in VRL and Vector are always internally represented in UTC.

[lddlww]

oops, thanks again