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#80715 3-Apr-2011 06:24

I was pleasantly surprised to find my clock had adjusted correctly when my alarm went off properly at 5am today after daylight savings time change.

Well done Apple!

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#454928 3-Apr-2011 22:33

I use sleep cycle alarm. I noticed the screen backlight on (it must have woken me) at 3am. It must have been doing it's change then. The sleep graph has a very long hour from 2 'til 3 AM

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had no problems whatsoever with the windows phone 7... but you wont hear everyone praising microsoft for getting someting right first time :)

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#455269 4-Apr-2011 20:08

does the iphone's clock sync automatically over the internet with a time server by default?

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#455284 4-Apr-2011 20:29

Regs: had no problems whatsoever with the windows phone 7... but you wont hear everyone praising microsoft for getting someting right first time :)

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Apple got it right, after a couple of years it seems ;)

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#455285 4-Apr-2011 20:29

bnapi: does the iphone's clock sync automatically over the internet with a time server by default?

Most smartphones will sync time with the mobile operator, if supported. Otherwise you set it manually.

In New Zealand only Telecom and 2degrees support it.

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#455292 4-Apr-2011 20:43

freitasm:
bnapi: does the iphone's clock sync automatically over the internet with a time server by default?

Most smartphones will sync time with the mobile operator, if supported. Otherwise you set it manually.

In New Zealand only Telecom and 2degrees support it.

Offtopic but why does Vodafone not do this?

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#455293 4-Apr-2011 20:44

Please discuss in the other topic, which was also created today.

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#455304 4-Apr-2011 20:59

Murphy says that it worked because it was going an hour back and you all would have woken up anyway.

The real test will come when clocks go forward later in the year! ;-)

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#455504 5-Apr-2011 12:58

freitasm:
Regs: had no problems whatsoever with the windows phone 7... but you wont hear everyone praising microsoft for getting someting right first time :)

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Apple got it right, after a couple of years it seems ;)

Interesting article from Ozz

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/daylight-saving-gremlins-hit-vodafone-iphone-users-20110404-1cuuq.html

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