# Keeping time without internet connection **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Tags:** homey-pro\ **Created:** [July 22, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/keeping-time-without-internet-connection/140208 "2025-07-22T18:26:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![William\_Kohl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/william_kohl/32/124494_2.png) [@William\_Kohl](https://community.homey.app/u/William_Kohl)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/keeping-time-without-internet-connection/140208/1 "2025-07-22T18:26:16Z")
I have a Homey Pro that I would like to automate the locking and unlocking of a small office building with Z wave technology since the tenants generally do not lock the building at the end of the day. I do not have my own internet service at the office building. I have set up my Homey Pro and Zwave lockset using my residential internet and would like to install it at the office building with no internet. If I have the doors opening and locking via a Homey Pro flow at certain times. Does this work without internet connection? If power goes out and is regained 2 hours later will it know the time to lock the doors? Is there a solution for this? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/keeping-time-without-internet-connection/140208/2 "2025-07-22T18:34:04Z")
> [@William\_Kohl](#): > > Is there a solution for this? The only solution is providing Internet access to Homey Pro. Without Internet it probably doesn’t get the time correct. ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/keeping-time-without-internet-connection/140208/3 "2025-07-22T18:34:41Z")
> First of all, welcome to the Homey Community! > > To make sure you are aware of the forum rules, please read the _ **Welcome to the forum!** _ post [here](https://community.homey.app/t/welcome-to-the-forum/31). ---
**Author:** ![JohanP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/johanp/32/119002_2.png) [@JohanP](https://community.homey.app/u/JohanP)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/keeping-time-without-internet-connection/140208/4 "2025-07-22T19:05:39Z")
Not sure, but if you can find a Atomic Time device that comunicates with Homey ? Or sets your router to the correct time ? ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/keeping-time-without-internet-connection/140208/5 "2025-07-22T19:56:36Z")
> [@JohanP](#): > > but if you can find a Atomic Time device that comunicates with Homey Do you have an example and where to configure Homey to use that time? Afaik that isn’t possible to configure. I didn’t find any documentation how Homey Pro would get time from a local network source. ---
**Author:** ![William\_Kohl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/william_kohl/32/124494_2.png) [@William\_Kohl](https://community.homey.app/u/William_Kohl)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/keeping-time-without-internet-connection/140208/6 "2025-07-22T20:11:38Z")
I’m new to this so I don’t no either. I just used the flow chart to unlock at 6:30 am and to lock at 8:30 pm I not sure but an internet search for the Schlage Connect dead bolt which is battery powered says it keeps time but the time has to come from somewhere, which I suspect is through the Homey Pro internet connect upon set up. But I don’t know what happens when you change batteries and you don’t have an internet connection ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/keeping-time-without-internet-connection/140208/7 "2025-07-22T20:37:56Z")
Hi Geurt, Because I can’t find any relevant info @ support.homey.app: When Homey is being set up in the same timezone, _ **with** _ internet access: for how long should the clock run correctly when Homey runs without internet? Even with some power cycles? Is there any documentation known to you? Athom markets ‘Everything local’, which means, to me, the internal clock should run fine without internet. ![Screenshot_20250722_223929_Chrome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/a/6/a637b13d8fde1df3d77585e4ac11312d844693ec.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/keeping-time-without-internet-connection/140208/8 "2025-07-22T20:41:10Z")
> [@Peter\_Kawa](#): > > which means, to me, the internal clock should run fine without internet. Homey Pro has no internal Clock with battery, so one powercycle and it is in best case behind by the # seconds for the reboot / power-outage. afaik you cant set the time for Homey without Internet after a boot. Internet Down for some time after it has the correct Time from the Internet after the restart/boot is probably OK. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/keeping-time-without-internet-connection/140208/9 "2025-07-22T21:08:46Z")
Ah I see. It’s clock needs an internet connection at regular intervals. ---
**Author:** ![JohanP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/johanp/32/119002_2.png) [@JohanP](https://community.homey.app/u/JohanP)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/keeping-time-without-internet-connection/140208/10 "2025-07-22T21:16:07Z")
Ok, never expected Homey to miss a basic thing like set time. I think every OS has it… Homeyscript maybe ? ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/keeping-time-without-internet-connection/140208/11 "2025-07-22T21:18:26Z")
> [@JohanP](#): > > Homeyscript maybe ? pls tell me how… You need Internet to configure Homey scripts, or an existing script with the Then card: “Start Script with Argument” and the Time in the Argument, beside that there is no setTime function in HomeyScript. ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 4:49am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/keeping-time-without-internet-connection/140208/12 "2025-07-23T04:49:53Z")
> [@William\_Kohl](#): > > I do not have my own internet service at the office building. In that case, Homey won’t work at all anyway. It requires a working Internet connection. ---
**Author:** ![William\_Kohl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/william_kohl/32/124494_2.png) [@William\_Kohl](https://community.homey.app/u/William_Kohl)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/keeping-time-without-internet-connection/140208/13 "2025-07-23T12:23:11Z")
So their advertising is false, Always up — even when your internet is down. Homey Pro processes everything locally, so it’s always up, even when your internet is down. ---
**Author:** ![David81](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/david81/32/33985_2.png) [@David81](https://community.homey.app/u/David81)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 9:02am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/keeping-time-without-internet-connection/140208/14 "2025-07-29T09:02:11Z")
I also only wanted to use Homey locally, or at least in the event of an internet outage, but no chance! I had a Homey Pro and also think Homey misleads buyers with its advertising promises…! I switched to Home Assistant… Much better options for less money 🤷🏼 maybe something for you too ---
**Author:** ![JohanP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/johanp/32/119002_2.png) [@JohanP](https://community.homey.app/u/JohanP)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/keeping-time-without-internet-connection/140208/15 "2025-07-30T04:13:06Z")
But Homey does work when your Internet is down. Internet down assumes you have Internet, but interrupted. ‘No Internet present’ is not really the same… ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/keeping-time-without-internet-connection/140208/16 "2025-07-30T12:33:26Z")
Yeah reading skills…. To the haters: Robert responded to a case where the location has no internet at all. Homey will be useless then. But your occasional internet outages shouldn’t be a problem.