diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 3eef5efb77f..40c40c282df 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Fix incorrect field references in envoyproxy dashboard {issue}13420[13420] {pull}13421[13421]
 - Fixed early expiration of templates (Netflow v9 and IPFIX). {pull}13821[13821]
 - Fixed bad handling of sequence numbers when multiple observation domains were exported by a single device (Netflow V9 and IPFIX). {pull}13821[13821]
+- Fix conditions and error checking of date processors in ingest pipelines that use `event.timezone` to parse dates. {pull}13883[13883]
 
 *Heartbeat*
 
diff --git a/filebeat/module/apache/error/ingest/pipeline.json b/filebeat/module/apache/error/ingest/pipeline.json
index 8a1268780b1..89a6624aea9 100644
--- a/filebeat/module/apache/error/ingest/pipeline.json
+++ b/filebeat/module/apache/error/ingest/pipeline.json
@@ -16,13 +16,21 @@
         },
         {
             "date": {
+                "if": "ctx.event.timezone == null",
                 "field": "apache.error.timestamp",
                 "target_field": "@timestamp",
                 "formats": [
                     "EEE MMM dd H:m:s yyyy",
                     "EEE MMM dd H:m:s.SSSSSS yyyy"
                 ],
-                "ignore_failure": true
+                "on_failure": [
+                    {
+                        "append": {
+                            "field": "error.message",
+                            "value": "{{ _ingest.on_failure_message }}"
+                        }
+                    }
+                ]
             }
         },
         {
diff --git a/filebeat/module/elasticsearch/audit/ingest/pipeline-plaintext.json b/filebeat/module/elasticsearch/audit/ingest/pipeline-plaintext.json
index 448028cfa3b..345df18be13 100644
--- a/filebeat/module/elasticsearch/audit/ingest/pipeline-plaintext.json
+++ b/filebeat/module/elasticsearch/audit/ingest/pipeline-plaintext.json
@@ -54,12 +54,13 @@
         },
         {
             "date": {
+                "if": "ctx.event.timezone == null",
                 "field": "elasticsearch.audit.@timestamp",
                 "target_field": "@timestamp",
                 "formats": [
                     "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss,SSS"
                 ],
-                "ignore_failure": true
+                "on_failure": [{"append": {"field": "error.message", "value": "{{ _ingest.on_failure_message }}"}}]
             }
         },
         {
diff --git a/filebeat/module/elasticsearch/deprecation/ingest/pipeline-plaintext.json b/filebeat/module/elasticsearch/deprecation/ingest/pipeline-plaintext.json
index b3d95fad3c8..d9c4faada7c 100755
--- a/filebeat/module/elasticsearch/deprecation/ingest/pipeline-plaintext.json
+++ b/filebeat/module/elasticsearch/deprecation/ingest/pipeline-plaintext.json
@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@
         },
         {
             "date": {
+                "if": "ctx.event.timezone == null",
                 "field": "elasticsearch.deprecation.timestamp",
                 "target_field": "@timestamp",
                 "formats": [
                     "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss,SSS"
                 ],
-                "ignore_failure": true
+                "on_failure": [{"append": {"field": "error.message", "value": "{{ _ingest.on_failure_message }}"}}]
             }
         },
         {
diff --git a/filebeat/module/elasticsearch/server/ingest/pipeline-plaintext.json b/filebeat/module/elasticsearch/server/ingest/pipeline-plaintext.json
index 0c9779acefb..b1752133d3a 100755
--- a/filebeat/module/elasticsearch/server/ingest/pipeline-plaintext.json
+++ b/filebeat/module/elasticsearch/server/ingest/pipeline-plaintext.json
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@
         },
         {
             "date": {
+                "if": "ctx.event.timezone == null",
                 "field": "elasticsearch.server.timestamp",
                 "target_field": "@timestamp",
                 "formats": [
                     "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss,SSS"
                 ],
-                "ignore_failure": true
+                "on_failure": [{"append": {"field": "error.message", "value": "{{ _ingest.on_failure_message }}"}}]
             }
         },
         {
diff --git a/filebeat/module/elasticsearch/slowlog/ingest/pipeline-plaintext.json b/filebeat/module/elasticsearch/slowlog/ingest/pipeline-plaintext.json
index e58407638e2..f582bdbdf60 100644
--- a/filebeat/module/elasticsearch/slowlog/ingest/pipeline-plaintext.json
+++ b/filebeat/module/elasticsearch/slowlog/ingest/pipeline-plaintext.json
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@
         },
         {
             "date": {
+                "if": "ctx.event.timezone == null",
                 "field": "elasticsearch.slowlog.timestamp",
                 "target_field": "@timestamp",
                 "formats": [
                     "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss,SSS"
                 ],
-                "ignore_failure": true
+                "on_failure": [{"append": {"field": "error.message", "value": "{{ _ingest.on_failure_message }}"}}]
             }
         },
         {
diff --git a/filebeat/module/kafka/log/ingest/pipeline.json b/filebeat/module/kafka/log/ingest/pipeline.json
index 0c6e44d39ca..6ba84de7634 100644
--- a/filebeat/module/kafka/log/ingest/pipeline.json
+++ b/filebeat/module/kafka/log/ingest/pipeline.json
@@ -59,10 +59,11 @@
     },
     {
       "date": {
+        "if": "ctx.event.timezone == null",
         "field": "kafka.log.timestamp",
         "target_field": "@timestamp",
         "formats": ["yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS"],
-        "ignore_failure": true
+        "on_failure": [{"append": {"field": "error.message", "value": "{{ _ingest.on_failure_message }}"}}]
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/filebeat/module/nginx/error/ingest/pipeline.json b/filebeat/module/nginx/error/ingest/pipeline.json
index 4c89300a92b..c66ac042650 100644
--- a/filebeat/module/nginx/error/ingest/pipeline.json
+++ b/filebeat/module/nginx/error/ingest/pipeline.json
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@
     }
   }, {
     "date": {
+      "if": "ctx.event.timezone == null",
       "field": "nginx.error.time",
       "target_field": "@timestamp",
       "formats": ["yyyy/MM/dd H:m:s"],
-      "ignore_failure": true
+      "on_failure": [{"append": {"field": "error.message", "value": "{{ _ingest.on_failure_message }}"}}]
     }
   }, {
     "date": {
diff --git a/filebeat/module/system/auth/ingest/pipeline.json b/filebeat/module/system/auth/ingest/pipeline.json
index debb3d064c2..8df0a77e582 100644
--- a/filebeat/module/system/auth/ingest/pipeline.json
+++ b/filebeat/module/system/auth/ingest/pipeline.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
         },
         {
             "date": {
+                "if": "ctx.event.timezone == null",
                 "field": "system.auth.timestamp",
                 "target_field": "@timestamp",
                 "formats": [
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@
                     "MMM dd HH:mm:ss",
                     "ISO8601"
                 ],
-                "ignore_failure": true
+                "on_failure": [{"append": {"field": "error.message", "value": "{{ _ingest.on_failure_message }}"}}]
             }
         },
         {
diff --git a/filebeat/module/system/syslog/ingest/pipeline.json b/filebeat/module/system/syslog/ingest/pipeline.json
index 1bf54bc08e1..0c614b8a957 100644
--- a/filebeat/module/system/syslog/ingest/pipeline.json
+++ b/filebeat/module/system/syslog/ingest/pipeline.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
         },
         {
             "date": {
+                "if": "ctx.event.timezone == null",
                 "field": "system.syslog.timestamp",
                 "target_field": "@timestamp",
                 "formats": [
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@
                     "MMM d HH:mm:ss",
                     "ISO8601"
                 ],
-                "ignore_failure": true
+                "on_failure": [{"append": {"field": "error.message", "value": "{{ _ingest.on_failure_message }}"}}]
             }
         },
         {