I have my hub in US and for time being, I am in Europe. There are other 3 members who are in US and they also have app installed. Due to travel, I have my phone set to Europe timezone and all of my automations are running based on the Europe timezone and not US timezone. I am not an admin on SmartTh…

From what I remember, automation/routine times are based on the time on the phone they are being created from. Except for sunset/sunrise times, those are based on the coordinates for the location setup in the app.

It seems that once upon a time it was decided that Automations/Routines would be saved with the current timezone of the mobile app. Every comment I’ve seen from users about this has been to the effect that it doesn’t make any sense and that times should always be in the timezone of the SmartThings L…

Those routines were created by another account and not mine. If I keep my phone in US time zone then it is working as expected. Shouldn’t the hub’s location dictate these routines?

did you edit the routines at all?

I didn’t after coming to Europe. I had modified when I was in US

[image] lalooprasad: If I keep my phone in US time zone then it is working as expected. Are you saying that they change with your phone’s timezone? Dare I ask what happens if one of the other Members changes their timezone away from and back to the US timezone while yours stays in Europe?

[image] orangebucket: Are you saying that they change with your phone’s timezone? Yes. [image] orangebucket: Dare I ask what happens if one of the other Members changes their timezone away from and back to the US timezone while yours stays in Europe? I can ask one of my family members…

Other member changed the timezone while in US and those routines started execution under that timezone.

This has been a problem for me recently as I was traveling in a different timezone (ahead 1 hour) and needed to create some routines for my Nest thermostats back at home to shutoff during peak TOU rates. I thought things were working fine but returned home and started noticing the times things were…

See the following [image] Home Hub routine start time should stay with hub, not follow phone Features & Feedback If you have a ST hub you could try the virtual calendar in the following edge driver.

Issues with Timezone and Routines

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Paul_Oliver (PCO) August 8, 2024, 2:31am 11

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