diff --git a/management/data/update_data_timeline.php b/management/data/update_data_timeline.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d87d0fff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/management/data/update_data_timeline.php
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?php
+require_once '../config.php';
+
+/**
+ * prints script usage information.
+ * Optionally exits the program as well
+ * @param $name String Name of the script to print on the cmd line
+ */
+function print_usage($name) {
+	echo "Usage:
+   $name <start date> <end date>
+
+Updates the image timeline for the given time range.
+\n";
+}
+
+function parse_args($argv) {
+	// Use getopt to parse command line options
+	$opts = getopt('h', ['help'], $rest_index);
+	if ($opts) {
+		foreach ($opts as $opt => $value) {
+			switch ($opt) {
+				// Check if '-h' or '--help' was given
+				case "h":
+				case "help":
+					print_usage($argv[0]);
+					exit(0);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Get the positional parameters from the command line args
+	$args = array_slice($argv, $rest_index);
+	// Make sure there are 2 arguments
+	$count = count($args);
+
+	if ($count != 2) {
+		echo "Error: Unexpected number of arguments given\n\n";
+		print_usage($argv[0], true);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	// Parse dates into unix time and make sure times conform to UTC time.
+	$tz = new DateTimeZone("UTC");
+	$start = new DateTimeImmutable($args[0], $tz);
+	$end = new DateTimeImmutable($args[1], $tz);
+	$format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s';
+
+	$result = [
+		'start' => $start->format($format),
+		'end' => $end->format($format)
+	];
+	return $result;
+}
+
+function updateTimeline($start, $end) {
+	require_once HV_ROOT_DIR.'/../src/Database/Statistics.php';
+	echo "Updating data coverage timeline\n";
+	$stats = new Database_Statistics();
+	$success = $stats->updateImageCoverageOverRange($start, $end);
+	if ($success) {
+		echo "Successfully updated image timeline\n";
+	} else {
+		echo "Failed to update timeline.\n";
+		echo "See logs for details.\n";
+	}
+}
+
+$args = parse_args($argv);
+$start = $args['start'];
+$end = $args['end'];
+updateTimeline($start, $end);
+
diff --git a/src/Database/Statistics.php b/src/Database/Statistics.php
index fea3f7fc1..7356a577d 100644
--- a/src/Database/Statistics.php
+++ b/src/Database/Statistics.php
@@ -1751,11 +1751,11 @@ public function colourBrightness($hex, $percent) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Update data source coverage for the given time period
+     * Update the data precomputed statistics for the Image Timeline over the given time range.
      * @param datestring $start Start time for the range to update
      * @param datestring $end   End time for the range to update
      */
-    public function updateDataCoverageOverRange($start, $end) {
+    public function updateImageCoverageOverRange($start, $end) {
         $startFormat = 'Y-m-d 00:00:00';
         $endFormat = 'Y-m-d 23:59:59';
         $defaultTimeFormat = 'Y-m-d H:i:s';
@@ -1786,7 +1786,16 @@ public function updateDataCoverageOverRange($start, $end) {
                 'GROUP BY ' .
                     'bin, ' .
                     'sourceId;';
-        $result = $this->_dbConnection->query($sql);
+        return $this->_dbConnection->query($sql);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Update data source coverage for the given time period
+     * @param datestring $start Start time for the range to update
+     * @param datestring $end   End time for the range to update
+     */
+    public function updateDataCoverageOverRange($start, $end) {
+        $result = $this->updateImageCoverageOverRange($start, $end);
 
         // 30m Update Events Data coverage. Align input to 30m mark
         $startDate = clone $alignedStartDate;