Date and time on my iPhone keeps changing to GMT or Cupertino time

Is it phoning home? Sorry, I couldn't resist.

There are two places to check. First, go to "Settings, and then navigate to Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Select the local time zone in Calendar/Time Zone Support. Also click "on" Time Zone Support. Next, navigate to general and then select Date & Time and set to AUtomatic.

Hi Avinash,
This is sameer from Mumbai, I have similar problem with my Ipone 3G & I am using Vodafone as provider.

I have also search on the net to find solution for this problem.
yet i haven't updated my phone with 2.0.2 as in your case this problem is still not solved.

*_Also There is no setting in Date and Time to set it to automatic._*
I don't how come its missing in your case(or only problem with handsets in India)

I haven't tried talking with customer care at vodafone. That will be last option.
Which service your are using ?

I hope this problem will be fixed soon.

Regards,
Sam

Ok, I see I've got company with the same problem. (and no I do NOT get "Automatic" in my Settings>General> Date & Time options too).

Hi, I'm Anupam from Bombay and I'm getting the same problem. I called Apple customer care for this problem and they have a recorded voice which says "call Vodafone". So I called Vodafone. As expected the first round of call centre execs told me to do what I've been doing 10 times everyday.

Then they put me through to their tech department which has taken my s/w version no and the ICC ID. They said they'll get back to me and I'm waiting.

I will surely get back to this forum with whatever answer I get.

Hi Anupam G,



Me to right now talked with Vodafone but they give me stupid answer
like set the region as 5.30 GMT and the problem will be resolved.

Now I have done one small change set the time to 24 hrs and past 1/2 hr

its showing me correct time. (I will post again if this will solve permanently)

Pls. post your feedback from Vodafone.


Regards,
Sam

I picked this up from another thread (I tried 2.0.1 and 2.02 upgrades too with no success). The following worked, though:

- Plug your iPhone into you Macbook / PC and allow iTunes to do a full backup (I had to right click the iphone icon and select backup).
- Right click your iPhone under DEVICES in iTunes and click on Restore. Choose the back up you have just made
- From within your iPhone, tap the Settings icon, choose General and then Date & Time. Choose Time Zone and change the time zone to your desired city.
- To test the change has worked, tap the Date & Time back arrow at the top left and then click on the home button. Finally, go back to the Time Zone option within Settings and the time zone should have stayed as the one you chose.

Note: Is your iPhone 3G’s GPS facility taking ages to pinpoint your location? The above changes will fix this problem as well

@redwindsor - I landed up at that same page after googling and am a bit scared of trying this out.

@sam - Thanks! I'm not going to waste time at a Vodafone store then.

Basically, we're stuck until someone in Apple listens to us and tells Vodafone to do something about it or deals with it themselves.

It's quite ironical because the time is the most critical function. If it's wrong it's gonna disrupt everything from calendar to recents.

If anyone in Apple is listening - HELP!

hi,
user from Mumbai.. and have the exact same problem.. been trying for the last few days and unable to find a solution.

Now i have kept my timezone as GMT and set it for the local mumbai time. This way atleast my calenders and local alarms / time is functioning.
Lost the feature of World clocks as they show incorrect times.
Have been on this setting since morning.. yet to see if it stays and works.

Lets see if this is atleast better than changing timezones every few hours.

Hope we see a permanent solution soon.

Hi e'body,

It seems this problem is common for Indian users. Now last hope is to wait for the
apple / service provider's solution for this.
I hope apple will do something for such a **** problem (which is for all users)
else new buyers will think twice before buying.

Apple Help us...

am from chennai, Airtel. I have the same problem. The time of all my mails are in GMT. My calendar is screwed too but since I sync from my powerbook - if i fix the problem everything would be fine later.

If anyone finds a solution please blog about it and provide the URL to the forum. So much for a device that has time screwed up!

Hi Guys,

I am also from Mumbai, using locked version of Vodafone based iPhone.

Till now, no problems faced with the timezone. Things are working pretty smoothly.

These are my settings:

Settings - General - Date & Time - Time Zone - Mumbai (Bombay) / 24 Hour time off

Settings - Genral - International - Region Format - India (I am sure this won't affect the things but posting just for the reference)

Also, any symptoms where the time zone changes? (Like you connect to the PC or may be do some specific taks)

Start noting down the things so this way we can trace the problem.

Tech guys at Vodafone are simply stupid (most of them - not all), so forget getting help from them. They are probably gonna search forum threads here or in google and give suggestions lol

Regards,
Deep

Okay, there is one more setting for timezone:

Settings - Mails, Contacts and Calendar - Scroll down to Calendar and set Time Zone Support option as Mumbai or whatever your city is. Basically it should match with your timezone.

Tried the suggested setting in multiple combinations..
the change (of time automatically) happens atleast twice a day with me.. more often earlier.

Still no solution.
Vodafone is of no help.. nor is apple geared up in India to support us.

Feel really stupid how such a bug was not spotted earlier.
Did not do any trial runs before launch ??

Someone please help.