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Access control for international sites: each facility in its own time zone

If you manage access control for international sites from a single panel, time matters: an “8 am to 6 pm” slot must apply at 8 am in London or Dubai, not at 8 am Italian time. With LabKey’s Time Zone you set the local time of each facility, and rules, logs and events follow the site’s clock.

✅ General panel time zone✅ Specific time zone for each facility✅ Plugin included

What is LabKey’s Time Zone

Time Zone is a basic plugin included in the Manage panel. It lets you set a general time zone for the whole panel and, when needed, a specific time zone for each facility.

This way, if you have sites in different countries, each facility’s access rules, logs and events are managed according to its local time. Someone who enters at 9 am in London is recorded as entering at 9 am, and time slots apply as intended at every site.

🕒 Time Zone

General panel time zone

Time zoneEurope/Rome

Facility time zones

Padua headquartersEurope/Rome

London branchEurope/London

Dubai officeAsia/Dubai

Save

How to set the time zone, in 3 steps

A few clicks from the Manage panel are all it takes.

🧩 Open Plugins

From the left-hand menu, select “Plugins” and click the green pencil in the “Time Zone” row.

🌍 Choose the general time zone

Select the time zone that applies to the whole panel and save.

🏢 Set up the facilities

When you create or edit a facility, you assign it its local time zone.

Case study · Example scenario

Case study: a company with sites in three countries

Map with a company's sites and a smartphone with the LabKey app for access control for international sites

Padua, London and Dubai in a single panel

An Italian company headquartered in Padua opens a branch in London and an office in Dubai. The IT department wants to manage all access from a single panel, with the same opening hours at every site.

🏢 Companies🌍 3 countries🕒 3 time zones

❌ The problem

Time slots calculated on Italian time even abroad
In Dubai the entrance opened up to three hours late, in London an hour early
Log times hard to compare with local time

✅ The LabKey solution

General panel time zone set to Europe/Rome
Specific time zone for London and Dubai in their respective facilities
The same “8 am–6 pm” slot applies at local time at every site

💡 The added value

🕒Correct timesEach site opens and closes at its own time.

🧾Clear logsAccess and events referred to local time.

🖥️A single panelAll sites managed from the same account.

Example scenario, created to show a possible use of the feature.

🌍 Do you have sites or customers in different countries?

Tell us where your facilities are: in a short call we will show you how to manage them all from a single LabKey panel.

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Where you need a time zone for each facility

Wherever a single panel manages facilities in different time zones.

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Companies with foreign branches

Offices and plants abroad managed from headquarters.

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Hotel chains

Properties in different countries with check-in and common areas on local time.

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Installers and integrators

Customer systems in other countries managed from the same panel.

At a glance

🕒 General time zone	Applies to the whole panel
🏢 Time zone per facility	Assigned when creating or editing the facility
⚙️ What follows local time	Access rules, logs and events
🧩 Where it is set	Manage panel › Plugins › Time Zone
💶 Cost	Basic plugin included

Time Zone is one of the features of the LabKey cloud panel. To give each site its own manager, also discover multi-operator access control.

Frequently asked questions about the time zone

Is Time Zone a paid feature?

No. Time Zone is a basic plugin included in the Manage panel: you just set it up from the Plugins menu.

Can I have different time zones for different sites?

Yes. In addition to the general panel time zone, you can assign a specific time zone to each facility when creating or editing it.

What changes when you set a facility’s time zone?

Access rules, logs and events for that facility are managed according to its local time.

Where do you set the general time zone?

In the Manage panel, from the Plugins menu: in the Time Zone row, click the pencil icon and select the time zone you want.

Want to manage all your sites from a single panel?

Book a call with our team: we will look at your facilities together and show you how to set up time zones and access rules.

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