Well it’s easy to go to other time zones by setting the location.
That’s the first thing I did, but it’s kludgy for me (for example) to set the location of a camera that is IN Virginia to Seattle, Wa. so I can have it record 3 hours off sunrise.
I also have local uses for hours after sunrise. I have a tree in my backyard who’s shadow appears on my driveway. On sunny days it drives my driveway cam nuts with motion. I have a shortcut set to turn motion detection off when that happens (then it falls back to a PIR motion sensor). I have a scheduled rule to turn motion detection back on at a set time, say 2PM, when the sun rises sufficiently for the shadow to disappear. Problem is, that always happens x hours after sunrise, not 2 PM. So I end up playing with that number throughout the year.
I potentially see a wishlist item for adding sunrise/sunset to the sprinkler system, and one for adding hours to the offset. Those should be separate wishes, I think?
I tested this out- for EDT. I wanted to fire off the cam at about 1440. I set the location for sunset in London, England plus about a 40 minute offset, Fired off fine.
So find a place at the same latitude, however many time zones away (do the math) and as they
say “Bob’s your uncle”
I tried posting in the “Tips and tricks” section how to do the work around but it would not let me post unless I selected an “optional tag” and when I try to select an “optional tag” the field is blank, when I try to search in that box I get “no matches found”.
Very frustrating.
This is what I tried to post:
They are finally putting in Sunrise/Sunset for rules. But as of the writing, Android app v2.24.13, one can only offset an action for plus or minus 59 minutes from sunrise or sunset.
However if I choose a location in the rule many time zones away it still works.
I wanted to have my camera upload a video about 6 hours off from sunset. I’m on the east coast of the US. So I set the location for the rule to London with a few minutes extra.
Camera fired off on time.
Hopefully Wyze will change the option to offset by plus or minus 12 hours.