The Ring Video Doorbell Wired has an unusual role for a camera, because it is often fitted in a house that is not the owner's own: a rental, a holiday cottage, a parent's home or a second property. That is the case where wrong clip times show up most, and the cause is nearly always that the saved address belongs to a different place from the doorbell. Ring takes the time zone for every event from the address of the location in the app, so a doorbell hanging in one city under an address from another shows clip times several hours out.
The checks in more detail
Fix it at the source: open Settings and Address in the app, correct the address to the place where the doorbell hangs and save it. If you really do manage two properties, give each its own location in the app so that each has its own zone, and share the right location with the right person. Ring support cannot set clock times by hand, so the address is the lever you have.\n\nThe second cause lives in the phone of whoever is looking at the clips.
The app also shows times in the phone's zone, so a person in another city sees different times from a person at the door, and a phone set by hand rather than automatic misleads further. Ask each viewer to set date and time to automatic and to turn off any VPN. Compare one fresh event with a watch in the notification and the timeline to see which differs. Because the doorbell is hardwired and always powered, it has no battery to cause drift, and cycling the breaker will not alter the zone; use it only to clear odd behavior.
After the fix, the chime schedule and any motion schedules switch at the right hours. Old clips keep the times they were recorded with, so label them if you need to use them. If you share clips with a landlord, a police officer or an insurer, state the real zone and the date you corrected the setting, which avoids confusion. If the time remains wrong when the address and phones are right, remove and re-add the doorbell and contact Ring support with screenshots. Switch off the breaker before touching wiring.
Differential
Likely causes of “Ring Video Doorbell Wired shows the wrong time, state or sensor reading”, and how to tell them apart
- 1
The address belongs to another place
What separates it Clips are hours out
How to confirm Correct the address to where the doorbell hangs
- 2
Two properties under one location
What separates it Each has the wrong zone
How to confirm Give each property its own location
- 3
A viewer's phone in another city
What separates it Times look shifted for them
How to confirm They set automatic time and check their zone
- 4
A VPN on a viewing phone
What separates it The app sees another country
How to confirm Turn the VPN off
- 5
An old app
What separates it Odd times
How to confirm Update the app
Before you touch a setting
Record this first — changing settings destroys the evidence
- Where the doorbell actually hangs
- The saved address
- Where each viewer is
- Whether a VPN is on
Try in this order
0 of 6 completedCorrect the address
ReversibleTo where the doorbell hangs.
Use one location per property
ReversibleIf you manage two.
Ask viewers to set automatic time
ReversibleAnd turn off VPNs.
Compare a fresh event
ReversibleWith a watch.
Label old clips
ReversibleWith the real zone.
Cycle the breaker only for odd behavior
ReversibleNot for the time.
Model-specific
What is true of this model and not of its siblings
- Rentals and second homes
- The address often belongs to the owner's own home.
- Viewer's phone
- It changes how times are displayed.
Stop boundary
When this stops being a self-service repair
- !If the time stays wrong after the address and phones are right, remove and re-add the doorbell and contact Ring support
- !Label old clips with the real zone
- !Keep screenshots
Evidence ledger
Sources behind this answer
Owners whose recordings show the wrong time.
Re-verify the address, phone time settings and VPN checks for the wrong time.
The 20-second setup button reset and the power cycle by power source.
Exact questions
Common questions
Why are my rental doorbell's clip times wrong?+
The saved address is for another place.
Can I keep two properties in one location?+
Better to use one location each.
Does cycling the breaker fix the time?+
No.
Do old clips change?+
No.