diff --git a/mobile/lib/services/action.service.dart b/mobile/lib/services/action.service.dart
index 8d58e7bc8a..0f72656b4c 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/services/action.service.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/services/action.service.dart
@@ -203,24 +203,7 @@ class ActionService {
       initialDateTime = asset?.localDateTime;
       initialTimeZone = exif?.timeZone;
       if (initialDateTime != null && initialTimeZone != null) {
-        try {
-          final location = getLocation(initialTimeZone);
-          initialOffset =
-              TZDateTime.from(initialDateTime, location).timeZoneOffset;
-        } on LocationNotFoundException {
-          RegExp re = RegExp(
-            r'^utc(?:([+-]\d{1,2})(?::(\d{2}))?)?$',
-            caseSensitive: false,
-          );
-          final m = re.firstMatch(initialTimeZone);
-          if (m != null) {
-            final offset = Duration(
-              hours: int.parse(m.group(1) ?? '0'),
-              minutes: int.parse(m.group(2) ?? '0'),
-            );
-            initialOffset = offset;
-          }
-        }
+        initialOffset = getTimeZoneOffset(initialDateTime, initialTimeZone);
       }
     }
 
@@ -276,4 +259,25 @@ class ActionService {
   Future<List<bool>> downloadAll(List<RemoteAsset> assets) {
     return _downloadRepository.downloadAllAssets(assets);
   }
+
+  static Duration? getTimeZoneOffset(DateTime dateTime, String timeZone) {
+    try {
+      final location = getLocation(timeZone);
+      return TZDateTime.from(dateTime, location).timeZoneOffset;
+    } on LocationNotFoundException {
+      final re = RegExp(
+        r'^utc(?:([+-]\d{1,2})(?::(\d{2}))?)?$',
+        caseSensitive: false,
+      );
+      final m = re.firstMatch(timeZone);
+      if (m != null) {
+        final offset = Duration(
+          hours: int.parse(m.group(1) ?? '0'),
+          minutes: int.parse(m.group(2) ?? '0'),
+        );
+        return offset;
+      }
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/mobile/test/modules/extensions/timezone_extensions.test.dart b/mobile/test/modules/extensions/timezone_extensions.test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4e17b9653
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/test/modules/extensions/timezone_extensions.test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:timezone/data/latest.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/services/action.service.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  setUpAll(() {
+    initializeTimeZones();
+  });
+
+  group("Returns timezone offset", () {
+    final dateTime = DateTime.parse("2025-01-01T00:00:00+0800");
+
+    test('Returns null with invalid timezone', () {
+      const timeZone = "#_#";
+      final timeZoneOffset = ActionService.getTimeZoneOffset(dateTime, timeZone);
+
+      expect(timeZoneOffset, null);
+    });
+
+    test('With timezone as location', () {
+      const timeZone = "Asia/Hong_Kong";
+      final timeZoneOffset = ActionService.getTimeZoneOffset(dateTime, timeZone);
+
+      expect(timeZoneOffset, const Duration(hours: 8));
+    });
+
+    test('With timezone as offset', () {
+      const timeZone = "utc+08:00";
+      final timeZoneOffset = ActionService.getTimeZoneOffset(dateTime, timeZone);
+
+      expect(timeZoneOffset, const Duration(hours: 8));
+    });
+  });
+}