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How can I change Standby mode's time zone after iOS 17 update?

I updated my iPhone 14 and was excited to use the new Stand By feature as a nightstand clock. However, I'm in New York City and the Stand By feature only shows the time in Cupertino. What I've tried:


  1. Settings->General->Date and time: time zone is correctly set to New York and on the Lock Screen the correct time shows
  2. World Clock: Made sure New York City is the first time shown in the list. It is.
  3. Settings->General->Stand By: no option to change time zone here


Any ideas how to fix this? Otherwise, this feature is completely useless to me.


Thanks


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Posted on Sep 20, 2023 6:39 AM

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Posted on Sep 25, 2023 8:09 PM

Rather than make all your users go through all this nonsense, can Apple

just accept this is a bug that should be fixed immediately?

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Sep 26, 2023 1:03 PM in response to MCShults

MCShults wrote:

Apple seems to default to feeding customers the time and weather in Cupertino, as opposed to defaulting to current location. Don't know why they think anyone outside Cupertino wants that? I had a hard time getting Cupertino to stop showing up in my weather app an iOS version or two ago, as well.

Apple does that with a lot of things. The weather app defaults to Cupertino. Until you change it. Just like you can change the Standby Widget.

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Oct 6, 2023 7:01 AM in response to boaster_11

I found the trick is DO NOT TYPE IN the city name. Select it from the list. Use the letters on the right side to scroll. I had to do it twice because first time I was scrolling I must have clicked on the screen somewhere. Still overly complicated.

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Oct 6, 2023 11:58 AM in response to boaster_11

Hi Everyone,

There are a lot of answers here. They are all wrong. I figured it out. It is indeed a glitch and I give apple a bad apple because the default clock is wrong and will remain wrong (for many people). HERE IS THE FIX: 1) Delete the clock, 2) choose another clock or even choose the same one after deleting. That's it. However, if you keep the clock widget they gave you by default, that time does not reconcile, at least not on my iPhone 15 Pro so I recommend deleting and adding a clock and it should resolve. .. I hope. Good luck!

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Oct 6, 2023 12:24 PM in response to kairos33

kairos33 wrote:

Apologize if I was mistaken. Shouldn’t have come off so strongly. When I read the things above, I didn’t find one that said you must first delete the widget. I only read that you can play with other widgets

Both are options. If you want to use the City widget, you need to change the city to one and the same city. You can have widgets for up to three cities, in fact. But, if you don't want to see the time in another city, it makes sense not to use the City widgets and use the Clock widgets instead. In that case, delete the City widget from the stack.

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Oct 7, 2023 2:40 PM in response to boaster_11

Found an alternate solution if you have only the City Clock widget with Cupertino noted in Standby Mode showing, it is to long-press the widget to get into the edit Widgets available mode, then (and this is what I haven't seen anyone else or anywhere else note) don't long-press the Clock Widget; but a quick double tap of your finger, should bring up the edit mode, where you can search of your closest city.


I am on an iPhone 14, and this only started working with IOS 17.0.3, prior to that, I couldn't edit the City Clock widget except to remove and add it anew; but then, it would default back to Cupertino.


I hope this helps someone.


Also, it is not intuitive and should be an option in the System's Settings > Standby Mode page to change or should default (as others have noted) to the System Settings timezone setting.

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Oct 26, 2023 12:21 PM in response to JLG89

Yep, good feedback. And good criticism. People are so afraid to criticize Apple on this forum, and when they do the defenders, get hyper defensive so many terrible decisions. They have the smartest people in the world but you could put a group of fourth graders in a room and they would be able to tell you these things.

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Nov 20, 2023 12:23 PM in response to zitsky

See above. If you pick one of the "City" clock widgets, the clock ALWAYS shows the time in that city, doesn't matter where the phone is in the world. The only way to have the clock always show the time that is shown on the face of the iPhone, you must pick one of the clock widgets that DOES NOT have "City" in its name.

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Nov 20, 2023 5:36 PM in response to JLG89

JLG89 wrote:

See above. If you pick one of the "City" clock widgets, the clock ALWAYS shows the time in that city, doesn't matter where the phone is in the world. The only way to have the clock always show the time that is shown on the face of the iPhone, you must pick one of the clock widgets that DOES NOT have "City" in its name.

I say that about once a page in threads like this. Maybe people will pay attention to you..... ;-)

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Jan 11, 2024 1:29 PM in response to boaster_11

You can edit the Widget.


While in StandBy mode:

Press and hold the widget to enter "Widget Editing"

Tap once on the clock you want to modify (one very quick tap)

Press on the city (Default value is Cupertino, U.S.A.)

Change the value and return to the widget editing section.

Tap "Done" to save the values.

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Jun 18, 2024 7:33 AM in response to boaster_11

You have two options. One, change the clock widget from the City Widget to a standard clock or two, change the city. To change, press and hold on the Clock on the screen in standby mode (authenticate as required). To change to a different widget, tap the plus button in the upper left corner. To change the city, just tap on the current widget. It will flip over and you can choose a different city in the list by scrolling down or by typing the name of the city you're looking for.

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