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

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.

Thank you! I was puzzled as to how to do this. I just got the Peak Design Wireless Charging Stand and when it's docked, it brings up the clock (which is what I want), but it defaults to Cupertino.

So, this answer was the best one for my situation.

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.

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!

kairos33 wrote:

Hi Everyone,

There are a lot of answers here. They are all wrong.

Well they can't "all be wrong" if most of us figured it out -- took me <5min to figure out as soon as I updated to IOS 17.

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

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.

Bottom line is their default widget will not work (on many phones) so you cannot get it to work. It won’t. You have to use another widget and that needs to be made abundantly clear that it is an apple error.

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.

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.

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.

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..... ;-)

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.

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.

Hit the ➕ on upper left for additional add ons. Type Clock into search window for other clock options. You’ll see 1 appear. Touch it and a display appears you may swipe through to select other clocks.