# How do I tun off daylight savngs time on my iPhone?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-tun-off-daylight-savngs-time-on-my-iphone/639901
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 4, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-tun-off-daylight-savngs-time-on-my-iphone/639901 "2012-11-04T23:59:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-tun-off-daylight-savngs-time-on-my-iphone/639901/1 "2012-11-04T23:59:41Z")
it switched automatically and i need to turn it off - how do i do that?
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### Author:  [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-tun-off-daylight-savngs-time-on-my-iphone/639901/2 "2012-11-05T00:10:32Z")
A quick Google search reveals the process is automatic. You cannot disable it.
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### Author:  [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-tun-off-daylight-savngs-time-on-my-iphone/639901/3 "2012-11-05T00:19:35Z")
I don’t have an iPhone, but I do have an iPad 2 with a recently updated iOS. Let’s see if they work the same.
Touch the “Settings” app. Now select “General.” Scroll down to “Date & Time.” Slide the “Set Automatically” button to OFF. Select “Set Date & Time.” Now you can set the date and time to whatever you want.
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-tun-off-daylight-savngs-time-on-my-iphone/639901/4 "2012-11-05T00:35:21Z")
> [@Julius\_Henry](#):
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> I don’t have an iPhone, but I do have an iPad 2 with a recently updated iOS. Let’s see if they work the same.
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> Touch the “Settings” app. Now select “General.” Scroll down to “Date & Time.” Slide the “Set Automatically” button to OFF. Select “Set Date & Time.” Now you can set the date and time to whatever you want.
That’s exactly it. I noticed the wrong time on my iPhone this morning and that’s how I fixed it.
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### Author:  [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-tun-off-daylight-savngs-time-on-my-iphone/639901/5 "2012-11-05T00:35:35Z")
> [@Duckster](#):
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> A quick Google search reveals the process is automatic. You cannot disable it.
He’s in Saskatchewan, where DST isn’t observed.
However, if the time zone is set correctly, the phone should know this.
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-tun-off-daylight-savngs-time-on-my-iphone/639901/6 "2012-11-05T00:45:09Z")
Yup, it’s set for Regina, Canada, but still fell back.
I’ll try that settings thing, but then when I’m travelling it won’t reset to a new time zone automatically, right?
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-tun-off-daylight-savngs-time-on-my-iphone/639901/7 "2012-11-05T00:50:06Z")
If I have "set automatically " turned on,
It says I’m in Winnipeg. If I turn it to “off” it says I’m in Regina. I can then change the time.
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### Author:  [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-tun-off-daylight-savngs-time-on-my-iphone/639901/8 "2012-11-05T01:00:01Z")
Weird. I have an iPad 2 here and with time set to automatic it sets the time zone to Regina and has the correct time.
ETA if it picks Winnipeg it should also show the correct time, since they’re back on standard time. So even weirder.
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-tun-off-daylight-savngs-time-on-my-iphone/639901/9 "2012-11-05T05:15:31Z")
Well, now it is showing the correct Winnipeg time, so I guess I’ll leave it set like that so it will automatically update if I’m travelling. Still, it’s odd that it shows me in Winnipeg - any ideas how I can change it to Regina?
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-tun-off-daylight-savngs-time-on-my-iphone/639901/10 "2012-11-05T10:05:11Z")
Never mind. Misread the question.
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-tun-off-daylight-savngs-time-on-my-iphone/639901/11 "2012-11-05T18:40:18Z")
Arrgh! now all the appointments in my iCalendar are showing an hour later!
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-tun-off-daylight-savngs-time-on-my-iphone/639901/12 "2012-11-05T18:41:53Z")
> [@cochrane](#):
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> Never mind. Misread the question.
sort of inevitable, given the number of typos in my title line… 😃