How Time Zones Work in eShepherd

Understanding how eShepherd handles time helps you stay in control, especially when managing your farm remotely or from a different time zone.

What Time Does eShepherd Show?

All times across the app are shown in your device's local time zone, whatever your laptop, phone, or tablet's clock is set to. For example, if your farm is in Queensland but you're viewing the app from New Zealand, you'll see times in New Zealand time, not Queensland time.

Scheduled Moves and Time Zones

When you set up a Scheduled Move, the start time is based on your device's local time. This means if your device is set to a different time zone than your farm, the move may trigger at an unexpected time on the farm. To avoid this, make sure your device is set to your farm's time zone before creating a schedule.

Heatmap and Time Zones

The Heatmap works differently, it always displays animal activity in your property's local time zone, regardless of where you are viewing from.

Summary

Technical Reference

All times in eShepherd are stored internally as UTC and automatically converted to your device's local time before being displayed. You never need to enter or think about UTC when using the app.

v1.0, 03/2026

Updated on: 23/03/2026