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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:

Settings->General->Date and time: time zone is correctly set to New York and on the Lock Screen the correct time shows
World Clock: Made sure New York City is the first time shown in the list. It is.
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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JLG89

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Posted on Oct 26, 2023 9:02 AM

This is the way. People, look at the widgets. There are "Clock" widgets, and there are "City Clock" widgets. Why in the world Apple made a "City Clock" widget the default instead of a standard "Clock" widget that automatically shows the local time according to your device settings...I'll never know. What a boneheaded decision THAT was. At any rate, as IdrisSeabright has pointed out multiple times, you have to DELETE the default "City Clock" widget and add one of the generic "Clock" widgets (which, conveniently, are at the beginning of the clock widget list).

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zitsky

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Oct 6, 2023 1:38 PM in response to kairos33

Agreed. I work in IT and have had my iPhone for almost two years. I couldn’t figure this out. It needs to be a lot easier.

JOe21569

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Oct 6, 2023 2:09 PM in response to boaster_11

Again -- worked for me in NY EDT

zitsky

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Oct 6, 2023 2:30 PM in response to JOe21569

You mean it worked for you the second you upgraded to 17.0.3 and turned on Standby mode? The clock was set at local time not Pacific time?

JOe21569

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Oct 6, 2023 3:44 PM in response to zitsky

No -- it was set to Cupertino, but it took me less than 5min to figure how to set this clock to EDT which I posted in the beginning of this thread when I did it.

Drew6707

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Nov 20, 2023 10:38 AM in response to boaster_11

Many thanks for taking the time to explain about changing the widget clock to a non city one. I simply chose the one that was showing London Town time.

zitsky

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Nov 20, 2023 11:38 AM in response to boaster_11

What happens when you travel and cross time zones? You have to change the clock if it’s from a different time zone?

Dec 29, 2023 2:25 AM in response to Ninoarzon

THANK YOU! This FINALLY worked! I was going crazy trying to figure out what to do! It is NOT intuitive at all!

Devode68

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May 14, 2024 10:36 AM in response to boaster_11

I don’t want my time to change with my travel

JOe21569

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Sep 21, 2023 8:27 AM in response to boaster_11

Press and hold the clock widget--remove the clock widget (-)--press (+)--scroll down on the left side and choose clock--on the right side, swipe the clocks left or right and choose clock l for New York EDT--choose 'add widget', then choose done.

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