my iphone set itself to 1/2/1970

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my iphone set itself to 1/2/1970

I keep a secondary iPhone and it lost it's charge and when I went to charge and start it up yesterday it has the date set as Friday 1/2/1970.

I am aware that there was a hoax 5 years back telling people to set their phone dates to 1/1/1970 for a retro Easter egg or something and that doing so would 'brick' or keep the phone in an endless boot loop but I did not do anything to change the date. Anyone else have this issue ?

My iPhone 12 is fine/ is Apple doing this to force people to upgrade ? jk/no I'm not

iPhone 7

Posted on Jun 23, 2021 10:23 PM

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chris_g1

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Jun 25, 2021 6:55 AM in response to Florida_gal

Hi Florida_gal,

Thank you for using the Apple Support Communities.

We understand that your iPhone is showing the wrong date and we’re happy to help! To resolve this problem follow the steps that are found in the Apple Support articles below:

How to get updated time zone information for your Apple device

If you can’t change the time or time zone on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch

We hope this helps.

Take care.

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