Screen Time - setting downtime for a family member in a different time zone

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Screen Time - setting downtime for a family member in a different time zone

My kid is on vacation in another country (with a different time zone). I want to set downtime on her phone using screen time - do I set the downtime (say 22:00) for the local time zone she is in, or the equivalent time for where I am (16:00) ? I notice that the app reports screen time according to my time zone - i.e. 30 mins of screen time at 14:00, when its actually 20:00 where she is.

iPhone 11 Pro

Posted on Aug 4, 2020 1:50 PM

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CarlAVII

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Aug 6, 2020 8:05 PM in response to rainride

Greetings rainride,

Welcome to Apple Support Communities!

This is an excellent question about how to Use Screen Time on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch and remotely managing it.Since Screen Time utilizes our Family Sharing technologies, you'd want to consider that setting the time will be server time.

The time you set will be what is set for your child. So if you set 14:00 it will show 20:00 in her location. Server time is flexible to match time zone changes.

Stay awesome!

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