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TechQuiet 10d · day 17

Apple publishes fix for Apple Watch daylight saving time display bug

After US clocks fell back, Apple detailed two workarounds for an Always-On display glitch that first surfaced in Europe a week earlier.

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What to know

  • The bug only affects the Apple Watch's Always-On display when the wrist is down; the correct time shows once the display is activated.
  • Apple's fix: switch to a different watch face and back, or restart the watch.
  • The glitch first appeared in Europe in late October after clocks there went back, then reappeared in the US on November 1, both under watchOS 27.

“When you activate the display by tapping it or raising your wrist, the time changes to the correct hour.”

Apple, Company support document · MacRumors ↗ · Oct 31

Apple Device makerTim Hardwick MacRumors reporter

Apple publishes fix for Apple Watch daylight saving time display bug
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  1. 3

    Tech outlets republish Apple's fix steps for readers

    Forbes, Firstpost, AndroidPure, iClarified, Trusted Reviews, Android Headlines and others picked up Apple's guidance, repackaging the restart/watch-face-switch steps for affected users.

    1. 7 outlets How to Fix Apple Watch Showing the Wrong Time After the Daylight Saving Change

      first by www.dealntech.com, 10d ago · also MacRumors, iClarified, Firstpost, Forbes, Gadget Bridge, Analytics Insight

      7 more headlines
  2. background

    US clocks change and the same bug recurs widely — When clocks went back across most of the US on Sunday, November 1, Apple Watch owners again saw the Always-On display stuck an hour fast, matching the earlier European reports.

  3. 2

    Apple publishes support document with two fixes

    Apple described the bug as affecting only the Always-On display when the wrist is down, correcting itself when the display is activated, and recommended switching to another watch face and back, or restarting the watch.

    “This incorrect time appears only on the Always On display when your wrist is down,…”
    — Apple
    1. 6 outlets Apple Watch they show the wrong time. Apple konegave me some advice on how to fix the annoying error

      first by Letem světem Applem, 10d ago · also Apple World Today, 9to5Mac, Trusted Reviews, Android Headlines, The Mac Observer

      5 more headlines
  4. 5 days quiet
  5. 1

    Europe watchOS 27 users report DST time glitch

    After UK and European clocks went back, a MacRumors forums thread surfaced five users whose Apple Watch Always-On display stayed on summer time while the time shown on activation was correct; restarting fixed it for three, switching watch face for a sixth.