IOS Alarms Don’t Adapt to Time Zone Change

If I set an alarm on my iPhone to (for example) wake me at 7:00am, and I am in Los Angeles (PDT), the alarm works great when I am on the west coast. However, if I travel to Atlanta (EDT), then if I set that existing 7:00am alarm, it doesn’t go off at 7:00am EDT - it still goes off at 7:00am PDT (which is 10:00am EDT).


Since I like to have my iPhone (and Apple Watch, for that matter) show me the time where I am (not where I live if I am traveling), this is a real nuisance. In the above example, to have it actually make sense, I need to do the following on my iPhone whenever I travel to a different time zone:


  1. Delete the 7:00am alarm (so I don't accidentally have it go off at the wrong time where I am).
  2. Create ‘another’ 7:00am alarm (which will now work in the time zone where I currently am)
  3. when I get home, ‘delete’ that alarm I created in step 2 (so it doesn’t go off at 4:00am if I accidentally set it)
  4. Create ‘another’ 7:00am alarm (so that it reflects PDT in the above example).


Sure would be nice if the alarm would just work at the time wherever I may be - regardless of the time zone.

iPhone 12 Pro

Posted on Apr 18, 2023 6:07 PM

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Posted on Jul 7, 2023 8:04 AM

I think it is good to keep time zones as where they set. I need to take medicine during travels and my alarms remind me. If time zoner change was in effect with the alarms then my meds timings would be a mess. At least in your case you can rearrange your alarms.

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IOS Alarms Don’t Adapt to Time Zone Change

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