diff --git a/k8s-deployment-manifest-templates/deployment-mode/daemonset/container-insights-monitoring/fluentd/fluentd.yaml b/k8s-deployment-manifest-templates/deployment-mode/daemonset/container-insights-monitoring/fluentd/fluentd.yaml
index 22a7d938..eb94e3c0 100644
--- a/k8s-deployment-manifest-templates/deployment-mode/daemonset/container-insights-monitoring/fluentd/fluentd.yaml
+++ b/k8s-deployment-manifest-templates/deployment-mode/daemonset/container-insights-monitoring/fluentd/fluentd.yaml
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ data:
       tag *
       read_from_head true
       <parse>
-        @type json
-        time_format %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%NZ
+        @type "#{ENV['FLUENT_CONTAINER_TAIL_PARSER_TYPE'] || 'json'}"
+        time_format %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%N%:z
       </parse>
     </source>
 
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ data:
       tag *
       read_from_head true
       <parse>
-        @type json
-        time_format %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%NZ
+        @type "#{ENV['FLUENT_CONTAINER_TAIL_PARSER_TYPE'] || 'json'}"
+        time_format %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%N%:z
       </parse>
     </source>