Paul Seymour1
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Q: Can't set correct time

i live in California but was recently in the UK. When I was there, my time adjusted automatically based on my location. When I returned, it didn't do that but remained in UK time. So I go into date & time and select my current location and set to set time automatically. But it keeps it 8 hrs ahead. So I manually change it. And I see that whatever I set the time for, it offsets the device time by 8 hrs. So in order to get local Cali time, I have to set it 8 hrs behind.

 

Amy idea what's going on?

iPad, iOS 9.3.2

Posted on Aug 5, 2016 4:44 PM

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Q: Can't set correct time

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  • by Diana.McCall,

    Diana.McCall Diana.McCall Aug 5, 2016 5:59 PM in response to Paul Seymour1
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    Aug 5, 2016 5:59 PM in response to Paul Seymour1

    Hi. Check your timezone setting under Settings > General > Date & Time.

  • by Paul Seymour1,

    Paul Seymour1 Paul Seymour1 Aug 6, 2016 12:39 PM in response to Diana.McCall
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    Aug 6, 2016 12:39 PM in response to Diana.McCall

    If I turn on Set Automatically, it will identify my time zone as Cupertino, which is correct. But then it offsets the correct time ahead 8 hours. So right now it's 12:30pm here. When I turn on Set Automatically with Cupertino as the time zone, it sets the time for 8:30pm.

     

    The only way to get it to say 12:30pm it to turn off Set Automatically, and then manually set the time for 4:30am. Then the unexplainable 8-hr offset shows me the correct time.

     

    See the screenshot below.

     

    Evernote Camera Roll 20160806 043539.png

  • by Diana.McCall,Helpful

    Diana.McCall Diana.McCall Aug 8, 2016 6:41 PM in response to Paul Seymour1
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    Aug 8, 2016 6:41 PM in response to Paul Seymour1

    It's as if you're displaying UK time while your TZ is Calif. Is it possible that your Region is set to UK? Also, are you doing anything that would confuse Location services? Finally, have you tried restarting, hold Sleep and Home buttons until the Apple appears? That might shake the cobwebs out.

     

    If you do a Google search, it shows your estimated location at the end of the first page of results. That would reveal your Location.

  • by Paul Seymour1,

    Paul Seymour1 Paul Seymour1 Aug 8, 2016 6:41 PM in response to Diana.McCall
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    Aug 8, 2016 6:41 PM in response to Diana.McCall

    Restarting did it! Now it works as expected. Thanks!

  • by Diana.McCall,

    Diana.McCall Diana.McCall Aug 8, 2016 7:21 PM in response to Paul Seymour1
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    Aug 8, 2016 7:21 PM in response to Paul Seymour1

    Must be that special relativity confused things when you moved it so far from home