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Time keeps shifting randomly

On the original ROM and the udK Diamond R6 I have the same problem: the clock of my Cruise/Polaris shifts about 2 times a day from the current time to a total different time.
For instance: around 21:46, the phone switches tot 1:18. The time difference is also always different, so it doesn't look like a timezone issue. The timezone is always correct by the way.
It looks like the shifting usually occurs in the evening/night, I haven't noticed a change in time before 6pm.
I can't find what's causing this, but it's annoying, I missed a few wake up alarms this way!!
The programs I've installed (on both the original and the R6):
- Spb Traveler
- Spb Time
- Live Messenger
- Opera Browser
- TomTom 7
- Spb mobile shell (R6 only)
Does someone recognize these issues, and know how to solve it?

turn off auto update for the clock.

where can I find this?

Turn off Automatic change timezone and clock
you should go to Settings-->personal-->phone
Under phone you have Time Zone Tab, Just uncheck the "Automatic change timezone and clock" and press ok that should take care of the problem.

When changing time zones, prevent appointments from shifting.

So,
When I go to set my clock for a different time zone (not using the automatic setting in phone settings, that has been disabled) for a time change, it seems all my appointment times shift with the time zone change. This makes no sense to me, and has been with me since wm 6 then 6.1 and now 6.5.
Does anyone have a solution to this (which doesn't involve keeping the time zone the same in clocks and alarms)
Thanks!

Verizon Touch Pro 2 Calendar

I have had a TP2 for about two weeks and have a problem I can't find a fix for.
I travel across time zones frequently. When the TP2 clock updates to the new time zone all the times in the calendar change.
The only workaround I have found is to set the home and visiting times to EDT and disabling the clock auto updating, but this makes the time shown on home page wrong whenever it is not in my home time zone.
Does anybody know a way to fix this?
Thanks

Don't they just update to the time zone you are in and then return back to "normal" when you return to your home timezone? I'm not totally sure I understand your question with this, as this is something that I personally like
If this is what your issue is I'll fiddle with it and see if I can find a fix.

The problem I have is I when I stay in the other time zones all the calendar times are off.
Example: If I am in Denver, Mountain time zone, and I want to enter a flight next week from Seattle to Indianapolis do I add 1 hour to the Seattle departure time and subtract 1 hour from the Indianapolis arrival time, or is it the other way around? Too confusing and too many ways to mess up.
I want to put sync my Outlook calendar with the TP2 calendar. When I travel the times on Outlook do not change when the time on my laptop changes, but all the times on the TP2 change.
Thanks

I set the proper time zone when creating the calendar appointment in outlook on my laptop (I think its under options). Then I'm always on the right time. On the phone, I have to "fool it" by temporarily setting the clock to that alternate time zone before creating the new appointment, but with the world clock its pretty quick.

I don't want the times in the calendar to ever change. I want them to stay the same no matter what time zone the phone is in.
If I disable the clock updating the calendar times will not change, but now I have a phone with the displayed time wrong except when I am in my home time zone.

Does anybody use a TP2 when they travel?
There should be a way to make this calendar not change when crossing time zones.

I don't have a solution for this, but I suspect that when you change time zones, there is nothing that will keep all of the appointments from changing.
I don't know this to be a fact with 6.1, but I suspect that like in other operating systems, the dates are stored in UTC time. When they are displayed on the screen, they are adjusted, on the fly, for the proper time zone. If this is true for 6.1, then it's all or nothing.
I'm on an Exchange Server, so I can enter appointments anywhere and they sync to the phone. When I travel, I DO NOT change the TZ on my laptop and enter the calendar appointments on it, not the phone. This may not work for you, but it's a thought.

Nite Mode doesn't automatically stop at sunrise

I have Nite Mode enabled & use the default on/off criterion of Sunset & Sunrise.
For the past two mornings, unlike previously, I have turned on my fone (abt 8:30am) to be surprised that apparently the Nite Mode S/W doesn't know how to tell time. Yesterday I just clicked the "Turn off" button in the notif bar. Today it happened again; & I left it to see what would happen. Nite Mode remained 'on' until about 10:15 or so - when it turned off, apparently spontaneously. I did reboot on both days to no avail.
Bootloader is still locked, so fone is not rooted.
Could it be that I locked the phone w/a Pattern to get to use the Fingerprint Feature? understand that a number of things won't take place if the fone is off & locked; still it shouldn't take > 2hrs for the Nite Mode S/W to 'see' the right time... It seems to go into Nite Mode very nicely on it's own when sunset time comes around…
Anyone else have this prob? Any ideas what may have caused it? Sprint Tech Experts had no immediate answer, & are looking into it. Got the phone June 27… TIA, oldwolf

oldwolf613 said:
I have Nite Mode enabled & use the default on/off criterion of Sunset & Sunrise.
For the past two mornings, unlike previously, I have turned on my fone (abt 8:30am) to be surprised that apparently the Nite Mode S/W doesn't know how to tell time. Yesterday I just clicked the "Turn off" button in the notif bar. Today it happened again; & I left it to see what would happen. Nite Mode remained 'on' until about 10:15 or so - when it turned off, apparently spontaneously. I did reboot on both days to no avail.
Bootloader is still locked, so fone is not rooted.
Could it be that I locked the phone w/a Pattern to get to use the Fingerprint Feature? understand that a number of things won't take place if the fone is off & locked; still it shouldn't take > 2hrs for the Nite Mode S/W to 'see' the right time... It seems to go into Nite Mode very nicely on it's own when sunset time comes around…
Anyone else have this prob? Any ideas what may have caused it? Sprint Tech Experts had no immediate answer, & are looking into it. Got the phone June 27… TIA, oldwolf
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Check your time zones or something....is your time set automatically or manually? What what time zone are you in the first place (no to get too personal...)?

@AarSyl, it doesn't matter, I haven't changed timezones I've been in ever since I activated the fone… 6/27… & it happened only the last two days; since I locked my phone w/Pattern to beable to use Fingerprint feature… I have get auto time from network provided time, & auto time zone fm network provioed time. I haven't left my home boro…

oldwolf613 said:
@AarSyl, it doesn't matter, I haven't changed timezones I've been in ever since I activated the fone… 6/27… & it happened only the last two days; since I locked my phone w/Pattern to beable to use Fingerprint feature… I have get auto time from network provided time, & auto time zone fm network provioed time. I haven't left my home boro…
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I have one on Verizon activated last Saturday. Im not 100% sure but I think it worked as expected for a day or two but then... The "sunset and sunrise" are two time zones (hours) off. Which coincidentally is the time zone of the area code of my phone number. The OOTB text message app, and some other texting apps, also show text sent time stamps in the time zone of my number, even when I send a text from the time zone I live in. Everything else on the phone seems to know the correct time zone as the phone is set to get it from the network. Including the text time received stamp. Its odd.

@anon2017, left phone off Fri aftnoon to Sat nite (a brief respite) & well pst sunset turned it back on, & it read Sunset time just fine & booted into nite mode - now to see if it properly reads sunrise Sun morn… I recently took the June security patch for my Sprint U11; so maybe that'll fix my orig issue… or I might just turn off Auto Get Time Zone fm Network, or turn off nite mode & leave auto brightness adjustments… Keep me posted pls on your results… BTW, I fell asleep this past Thu. w/out turning off fone & it switched off nite mode as expected.
So maybe h/w default behavior affects this- many things don'tork when fone is locked &I'm using Kaspersky Full which affects lock insofar as I no longer get "Your phone is encrypted- which makes me happy- bc a nasty thief could purposely go past30 bad passwords & cause my fone to be Factory Reset. Talk abt loss…

Well, it seems that taking the June security update has solved, @ least for this morning's boot-up, my prob w/nite mode staying on in the morning (nothing else has been changed).
Earlier this a.m., at the beginning of the boot process, my wallpaper seemed a bit dark immediately on startup; which wasn't making me feel like the problem was solved- however, upon completing the boot process, there was no moon icon in my notification bar & the wallpaper picture was as bright as usual!
Let's see if this will be consistent.
*Update* 7/11/17 8:11:14 seems the boot time may have something to do w/whether or not Nite Mode is turned off on bootup. I turned on fone around 6something & Nite Mode was still on… used notif par settings to turn it off & rebooted & it was now off… ?

Two days in a row- Nite mode goes off on its own…
Third day no luck; beginning to think it depends on when I boot fone…

Awesome

App recommendation: need alarm clock that can be pinned to a time zone or GMT/UTC

Hi all, I'm looking for an alarm clock app for which I can set alarms that go off at a given time in a specified time zone, regardless of the current time zone I'm in, or in the case of Standard vs. Daylight zones, regardless of the currently active time zone. For example, if I set an alarm to 6:00 am Mountain Standard Time, it will go off at 7:00 am in Mountain Daylight Time, or 8:00 am in Eastern Standard Time.
I've looked into the Suntimes app on F-droid, and it's almost got what I need but not quite.
I could also work with an app that supported setting alarms on GMT.
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Background: I work as an over-the-road truck driver, and my work sometimes takes me across time zones, but I'd like to stay on my home time zone sleep/wake schedule. As a truck driver, I am required to have 10 hours of "sleeper berth" and/or "off duty" log time at the end of each day before I can start driving the next day, and changing time zones can really mess that up.​​More background: Also, I abhor these stupid, anachronistic time changes we suffer every spring and fall here in most of the USA, and since I can choose when I start my work day, I'd rather just ignore that change by having my alarm clock automatically adjust when it goes off to keep me getting up at the same mean time each day, regardless of what the clock says. ​