You can change your clock’s settings, including the date,time, and time zone. You canset how your alarms and timers work, and add clocks for other cities.
Change time zone
Important:
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- If “Use location” is turned off, your device location won’t be used to detect your timezone.
- If “Use location” is turned on, your device location may be used to detect your timezone.
- Some devices only support using location to set the time zone, like Wifi-only tablets. These don’t have a "Use location" setting.
- Open your phone's Clock app
. - Tap More Settings.
- To pick your home time zone: Tap Home time zone.
- To automatically update your timezone: Tap Change date & time Set time zone automatically.
- To add a clock for home while in another time zone: Turn on Automatic home clock.
- To set a time zone manually: Tap Change date & time Time zone.
- If present: Turn off Set automatically.
- Tap Time zone and select your time zone.
- To set a time zone automatically: Tap Change date & time Time zone.
- Turn on Set automatically.
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Settings. Tip: Only some devices let you automatically set the time zone.
Change alarm settings
- Open your phone's Clock app .
- Tap More Settings.
- Under "Alarms":
- Choose how long your alarm rings: Tap Silence after.
- Choose how long "snoozing" delays an alarm: Tap Snooze length.
- Change your alarm’s volume: Use the "Alarm volume" slider.
- Have an alarm become louder over time: Tap Gradually increase volume.
- Choose what the volume buttons do: Tap Volume buttons. They can control volume, snooze an alarm, or dismiss an alarm.
- Pick what day your week starts on: Tap Start week on.
Settings.Change timer settings
- Open your phone's Clock app .
- Tap More Settings.
- Under "Timers":
- Pick the ringtone that plays when the timer ends: Tap Timer sound.
- Make the timer sound become louder over time, Tap Gradually increase volume.
- Have the timer vibrate:Tap Timer vibrate.
Tip: Not all devices have a timer vibrate option.
Add clocks for other cities
- Open your phone's Clock app .
- Tap Clock.
- At the bottom, tap Add .
- Type the name of a city in the search bar, then tap the city you want to add.
- Reorder a city:Touch and hold a city, then move it up or down in the list.
- Delete a city: Swipe to the left or right on the city you want to delete.
.See Also
Time zones and travel times