Apple iPhone 4 alarm clock bug makes scores late for work

The Telegraph UK ^ | 11:14AM GMT 01 Nov 2010 | By Claudine Beaumont, Technology Editor

[BunnySlippers]

Isn’t daylight savings next weekend?

[Swordmaker]

This bug in iOS4.1 ALarm Clock that hits only on the day that Day Light Saving time ends... and may still be around next weekend... and may hit iPhone users so don't rely on your iPhone alarm on Sunday or Monday!... PING!

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[Swordmaker]

Isn’t daylight savings next weekend?

Yup!

[boxerblues]

Isn’t daylight savings next weekend?

Not in the UK is was this past weekend

[BunnySlippers]

Thank you and that is what I suspected.

I’m wondering why we recently changed it.

[boxerblues]

The micro managers decided it was healthier for us? lol I have no idea

[AF_Blue]

Well, since you asked...from Wikipedia:

The 2007 U.S. change was part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; previously, from 1987 through 2006, the start and end dates were the first Sunday in April and the last Sunday in October, and Congress retains the right to go back to the previous dates now that an energy-consumption study has been done.

[shadowcat]

EVO 4G BUMP

[BunnySlippers]

Er ... thanks.

[dawn53]

My dad called me yesterday...one of his clocks had reset itself to “fall back” daylight savings time. He wanted to make sure he wasn’t going to be an hour late for church.

[dawn53]

oops, meant Sunday morning he called

[Ronin]

So that’s why I didn’t hear my alarm this morning. Fortunately I got out of bed on time anyhow, but it was a race.

[dayglored]

OOPS! D-OH!!

Good to have this ahead of time.... for the U.S. anyway! :)

[cowboyway]

Hot damn! An excuse to sleep late!

Thank’s Steve!

[Keith in Iowa]

>>>Isn’t daylight savings next weekend?

This weekend we revert to standard time from daylight saving time.

And anyone that relies on a cell phone for their primary means of an alarm to wake themselves on a daily basis is asking for trouble.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

And anyone that relies on a cell phone for their primary means of an alarm to wake themselves on a daily basis is asking for trouble.

That was my first thought - how many people depend on an iPhone as a wakeup alarm? Maybe they were just holding it wrong in their sleep.

[TexasGreg]

I use my iPhone for my wake-up alarm every day ... and have never had a problem with it. I put my iPhone in it’s charging stand, which has speakers attached, and it wakes me up with music every morning.

Of course, half the time I’m already awake when the thing goes off. My internal clock still works very well, indeed. AND, I have a dog who wants to go outside at 6 am on the DOT.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Sounds like you are overly alarmed. :-)

[TexasGreg]

LOL!
With a whining Basset Hound, you BET! :)
Still, sometimes she doesn’t get up to go potty ... and sometimes my internal clock doesn’t function as well as I’d like. ON those occasions, the phone’s alarm has been a blessing.