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Apple Watch 7 unsure about date and time

Hi. I have an issue with my Apple Watch 7, since I got it ( about 2 months ago), it randomly shows different time and date. For example, It shows +2 days date and time , and immediately shows -8 days, please see the photos ( took them within few minutes). The OS is up to date , turning on and off doesn't help, phone date and time is fine. I have no clue why it's happening. Any insights?

Posted on Jan 24, 2022 8:04 AM

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Posted on Jan 24, 2022 10:01 AM

The watch gets its date and time information from the paired iPhone.


The first (and simplest) thing to try if something isn’t working right is to restart your Apple Watch and its paired iPhone. If necessary (device not responding), try a forced restart. Both methods can be found here:

How to restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Restart your iPhone - Apple Support


If that doesn't help, the next steps would be to unpair and pair your watch again and restore from the backup just created. This should result in no loss of data. It deletes all temp and corrupted files and re-indexes the file system.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support


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Jan 24, 2022 10:01 AM in response to ElleAqua

The watch gets its date and time information from the paired iPhone.


The first (and simplest) thing to try if something isn’t working right is to restart your Apple Watch and its paired iPhone. If necessary (device not responding), try a forced restart. Both methods can be found here:

How to restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Restart your iPhone - Apple Support


If that doesn't help, the next steps would be to unpair and pair your watch again and restore from the backup just created. This should result in no loss of data. It deletes all temp and corrupted files and re-indexes the file system.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support


Apple Watch 7 unsure about date and time

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