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Phone Wrong Time? How to Fix It on Android & Windows 11

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The short answer

Phone wrong time or wrong time zone? Turn on automatic date and time and automatic time zone.

At a glance

About 15 minutes · Medium · For Android

Key point 1 of 5

Samsung's support page points out that apps and websites may not work correctly, and you may see security warnings, when the date and time are wrong.

Key point 2 of 5

Microsoft notes that when Set time zone automatically is on, daylight saving time is handled automatically too.

Key point 3 of 5

If your phone is showing the wrong time by exactly an hour, it's almost always daylight saving or the wrong time zone.

Key point 4 of 5

Phones and computers update on their own.

Step 5 of 5

Open Settings → General management → Date and time.

Quick tip

Calendar events at the wrong time after travel?

You might ask

Why is my phone's time a few minutes off? Automatic date and time is probably off, or the phone hasn't synced with the network recently.

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Phone Wrong Time? How to Fix It on Android & Windows 11

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