remove useUTC deprecation, set default timezone to local

elastic · Sep 4, 2018 · d5035d0 · d5035d0
1 parent a64738d
commit d5035d0
Show file tree

Hide file tree

Showing 3 changed files with 7 additions and 11 deletions.
diff --git a/docs/migration/migrate_7_0.asciidoc b/docs/migration/migrate_7_0.asciidoc
@@ -62,3 +62,9 @@ considered unique based on its persistent UUID, which is written to the path.dat
 *Details:* Any timezone can now be specified by canonical id.
 
 *Impact:* The logging.useUTC flag will have to be replaced with a timezone id.  If set to true the id is `UTC`.
+
+[float]
+=== Default logging timezone is now the system's timezone
+*Details:* In prior releases the timezone used in logs defaulted to UTC.  We now use the host machine's timezone by default.
+
+*Impact:* To restore the previous behavior, in kibana.yml set `logging.timezone: UTC`.
diff --git a/src/server/config/schema.js b/src/server/config/schema.js
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export default () => Joi.object({
         then: Joi.default(!process.stdout.isTTY),
         otherwise: Joi.default(true)
       }),
-    timezone: Joi.string().allow(false).default('UTC')
+    timezone: Joi.string().allow(false).default(false)
   }).default(),
 
   ops: Joi.object({

diff --git a/src/server/config/transform_deprecations.js b/src/server/config/transform_deprecations.js
@@ -56,15 +56,6 @@ const rewriteBasePath = (settings, log) => {
   }
 };
 
-const loggingTimezone = (settings, log) => {
-  if (_.has(settings, 'logging.useUTC')) {
-    const timezone = settings.logging.useUTC ? 'UTC' : false;
-    set('logging.timezone', timezone);
-    unset(settings, 'logging.UTC');
-    log(`Config key "logging.useUTC" is deprecated. It has been replaced with "logging.timezone"`);
-  }
-};
-
 const deprecations = [
   //server
   rename('server.ssl.cert', 'server.ssl.certificate'),
@@ -78,7 +69,6 @@ const deprecations = [
   serverSslEnabled,
   savedObjectsIndexCheckTimeout,
   rewriteBasePath,
-  loggingTimezone,
 ];
 
 export const transformDeprecations = createTransform(deprecations);