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iPhone Wants To Hang On To the Old Year

Posted by timothy on from the 223*3*3 dept.

pdclarry writes "Users of the iPhone have noticed that it is showing December 31, 2007, even where it is already the new year. There have been a number of reports confirming the problem: Bug in Clock, Problem with New Year: My Clock — shows wrong year, Worldclock went wrong for "tomorrow" items."

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  1. Re:Confirmed! by tverbeek · · Score: 2, Informative

    A.i.P. stands for *After* iPhone, right?
    No. Just like "A.D." doesn't stand for "After Death" (as I was told in elementary school).

    The "A." stands for "Anno", Latin for "Year". "A.iP." stands for "Year of Our iPhone".
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  2. iPod Touch screwed up also... by Aphrika · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well, it seemed to be ok, until I go into the clock application and all the dates read 08/01/01.

    System settings say 1 January 2008, so I assume it's a display error. At least it rolled over into 2008 though which is what I thought the main article said was the problem. Odd really, as you'd expect such as basic issue to be caught in testing.

  3. Bug report entered by edp · · Score: 3, Informative

    I work at Apple, and I entered a bug report. I suspect the problem is merely a display error in World Clock, but, since it is affecting many people, I asked my manager to ensure the right people are notified quickly.

    The problem does not seem to affect date displays outside of World Clock. For example, if you go into General settings, then Date & Time, turn off "Set Automatically," set the date to January 1, 2008, and then look at some recent calls in the phone, you will see they have correct dates. At least for me. If somebody observes otherwise, please let me know, and I will add it to the bug report.