As soon as the clock struck midnight and we rolled into January 1, 2023, all the dates on my phone converted to this. The Lock Screen, dates in emails, calendars— everything got converted to this weird style.
I asked other iPhone users including my husband who has the same iPhone 11 as me and theirs all look normally written as “January (date), 2023” while mine looks like this.
anyone have this issue and what’s the fix?
iPhone 11
Thanks for your reply. I figured out what the issue is and it's almost unbelievable, but felt I needed to share an update in case this happens to other users.
The primary language managed to flip from English to Corsu. In fact, English was no longer the preferred language in my phone, rather a language called Corsu. That explains the strange date format and the unexplained, what I now know to be, Corsu language seen in some of my emails. Completely bizarre. Just one of the strange bugs in the new iOS, I'm guessing.
Thanks for your reply. I figured out what the issue is and it's almost unbelievable, but felt I needed to share an update in case this happens to other users.
The primary language managed to flip from English to Corsu. In fact, English was no longer the preferred language in my phone, rather a language called Corsu. That explains the strange date format and the unexplained, what I now know to be, Corsu language seen in some of my emails. Completely bizarre. Just one of the strange bugs in the new iOS, I'm guessing.
coyotenegra wrote:
I asked other iPhone users including my husband who has the same iPhone 11 as me and theirs all look normally written as “January (date), 2023”
That’s not what mine looks like! And I believe the iPhone iOS 16 literature shows this format as well. (I cropped out the bottom so the image would fit here.)
coyotenegra wrote:
The primary language managed to flip from English to Corsu. In fact, English was no longer the preferred language in my phone, rather a language called Corsu. That explains the strange date format and the unexplained, what I now know to be, Corsu language seen in some of my emails.
Is your iphone really updated to ios 16? Having your date expressed in your local language is normal behavior for iOS, but many users report it has disappeared in ios 16 and now is always in English.
Interesting.
Enjoy your iPhone.
I am on iOS 16.2.
I can't duplicate your earlier experience. Setting my preferred language to Corsu still has everything in English in 16.2. Very odd it worked differently for you...
The month and date on my phone reads funny
