{"id":629567,"date":"2026-04-26T09:43:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T09:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/629567\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T09:43:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T09:43:27","slug":"your-iphone-keeps-switching-to-edmonton-time-heres-the-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/629567\/","title":{"rendered":"Your iPhone Keeps Switching to Edmonton Time \u2014 Here\u2019s the Fix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iphone-time-zone.jpg\"><img title=\"iphone time zone | iPhone in Canada\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-444402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iphone-time-zone.jpg\" alt=\"Hand holding a smartphone displaying multiple city clocks (Vancouver, Toronto, London, Dubai, Sydney) over a city waterfront backdrop.\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Some iPhone owners in BC are having their phones randomly switch time zones, such as jumping from Vancouver to Edmonton and then back again, sometimes within minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The problem seems to have gotten worse after the iOS 26.4.2 update, and it\u2019s hitting multiple iPhone models including the latest iPhone 17. iPhone in Canada readers have flagged the issue, with one noting it kept happening even after turning off their VPN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Nobody knows exactly what\u2019s causing it, but one theory points to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iphoneincanada.ca\/2026\/03\/02\/b-c-kills-the-clock-change-permanent-daylight-saving-time-starts-march-8\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BC\u2019s switch to permanent Daylight Saving Time in March 2026<\/a>. The province now stays on UTC-7 year-round, and some iOS systems may not have gotten the memo. A few Rogers and Telus users have also noticed it happening specifically on 5G Standalone towers, which could mean some network equipment is broadcasting outdated time zone data, though that\u2019s not confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">How to Fix the Switching Time Zone Issue on iPhone<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">There\u2019s an easy fix for this issue, but it will disable the automatic time zone switching if you travel. On your iPhone, head to Settings &gt; General &gt; Date &amp; Time, turn off \u201cSet Automatically,\u201d and manually set your time zone to Vancouver. That stops your phone from checking with cell towers for the time and should sort it out until Apple pushes a fix.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iphoneincanada.ca\/2011\/11\/06\/iphone-daylight-saving-time-bug-shows-different-time-zone-when-set-automatically\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">For longtime iPhone users, time zone glitches have become a frustrating rite of passage<\/a>, echoing similar issues we\u2019ve seen crop up repeatedly over the past decade and longer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some iPhone owners in BC are having their phones randomly switch time zones, such as jumping from Vancouver&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[49,48,190,61],"class_list":["post-629567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}