The date and time is set automatically on my IPhone 6s, How accurate is the time and date setting on the Iphone 6s? As I have been told by my local council that the time on my Iphone is wrong! Between 5 and 10 minutes. But the 6 iPhone's and 4 iPad's

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The date and time is set automatically on my IPhone 6s, How accurate is the time and date setting on the Iphone 6s? As I have been told by my local council that the time on my Iphone is wrong! Between 5 and 10 minutes. But the 6 iPhone's and 4 iPad's

The date and time is set automatically on my IPhone 6s, How accurate is the time and date setting on the Iphone 6s? As I have been told by my local council that the time on my Iphone is wrong! Between 5 and 10 minutes. But the 6 iPhone's and 4 iPad's we have all say the same time!

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Posted on Oct 4, 2016 2:58 AM

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ckuan

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Oct 4, 2016 3:04 AM in response to robinfromwalsall

Normally it's accurate.

If you set iPhone to update the time automatically, it gets the correct time over the cellular network and updates it for the time zone you’re in. Some carriers don’t support network time, so in some areas iPhone may not be able to automatically determine the local time.

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