Birthday won't save in contacts

I experienced the same issue like many others - when I added only day and month, birthday won't save in contacts. There is a hack, you can make a custom date tag, which you call birthday, and this will save even w/o a year.

iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 16

Posted on Apr 7, 2023 2:36 AM

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