diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/datepicker/datepicker.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/datepicker/datepicker.controller.js
index bb12f0404d..2c3495120a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/datepicker/datepicker.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/datepicker/datepicker.controller.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function dateTimePickerController($scope, notificationsService, assetsService, a
     //sets the scope model value accordingly - this is the value to be sent up to the server and depends on 
     // if the picker is configured to offset time. We always format the date/time in a specific format for sending
     // to the server, this is different from the format used to display the date/time.
-    function setModelValue() {       
+    function setModelValue() {
         if ($scope.hasDatetimePickerValue) {
             var elementData = $element.find("div:first").data().DateTimePicker;
             if ($scope.model.config.pickTime) {
@@ -95,6 +95,19 @@ function dateTimePickerController($scope, notificationsService, assetsService, a
     }
 
     $scope.serverTime = null;
+    $scope.serverTimeNeedsOffsetting = false;
+    if (Umbraco.Sys.ServerVariables.application.serverTimeOffset !== undefined) {
+        // Will return something like 120
+        var serverOffset = Umbraco.Sys.ServerVariables.application.serverTimeOffset;
+        
+        // Will return something like -120
+        var localOffset = new Date().getTimezoneOffset();
+
+        // If these aren't equal then offsetting is needed
+        // note the minus in front of serverOffset needed 
+        // because C# and javascript return the inverse offset
+        $scope.serverTimeNeedsOffsetting = (-serverOffset !== localOffset);
+    }
 
     //get the current user to see if we can localize this picker
     userService.getCurrentUser().then(function (user) {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/datepicker/datepicker.html b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/datepicker/datepicker.html
index c9b83cc8ed..472c0a478b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/datepicker/datepicker.html
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/datepicker/datepicker.html
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
         <span class="help-inline" val-msg-for="datepicker" val-toggle-msg="valServer">{{datePickerForm.datepicker.errorMsg}}</span>
         <span class="help-inline" val-msg-for="datepicker" val-toggle-msg="pickerError">Invalid date</span>
         
-        <p ng-if="model.config.offsetTime === '1' && model.value" class="muted">
-            <small>Server time: {{serverTime}}</small>
+        <p ng-if="model.config.offsetTime === '1' && serverTimeNeedsOffsetting && model.value" class="muted">
+            <small><localize key="content_scheduledPublishServerTime">The time you picked is your local time. This translates to the following time on the server:</localize> {{serverTime}}</small><br/>
+            <small><localize key="content_scheduledPublishDocumentation">What does this mean?</localize></small>
         </p>
         <p ng-show="hasDatetimePickerValue === true || datePickerForm.datepicker.$error.pickerError === true">
             <a href ng-click="clearDate()"><i class="icon-delete"></i><small><localize key="content_removeDate">Clear date</localize></small></a>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/en.xml b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/en.xml
index 84dedbb364..0c35794913 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/en.xml
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/en.xml
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@
     <key alias="notmemberof">Not a member of group(s)</key>
     <key alias="childItems" version="7.0">Child items</key>
     <key alias="target" version="7.0">Target</key>
+    <key alias="scheduledPublishServerTime"><![CDATA[The time you picked is your local time. <br /> This translates to the following time on the server:]]></key>
+    <key alias="scheduledPublishDocumentation"><![CDATA[<a href="https://our.umbraco.org/documentation/Getting-Started/Data/Scheduled-Publishing/#timezones" target="_blank">What does this mean?</a>]]></key>
   </area>
   <area alias="media">
     <key alias="clickToUpload">Click to upload</key>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/en_us.xml b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/en_us.xml
index ec41299b25..c85053191f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/en_us.xml
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/en_us.xml
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@
     <key alias="notmemberof">Not a member of group(s)</key>
     <key alias="childItems" version="7.0">Child items</key>
     <key alias="target" version="7.0">Target</key>
+    <key alias="scheduledPublishServerTime"><![CDATA[The time you picked is your local time. <br /> This translates to the following time on the server:]]></key>
+    <key alias="scheduledPublishDocumentation"><![CDATA[<a href="https://our.umbraco.org/documentation/Getting-Started/Data/Scheduled-Publishing/#timezones" target="_blank">What does this mean?</a>]]></key>
   </area>
   <area alias="media">
     <key alias="clickToUpload">Click to upload</key>