How to Change the Timezone on the Apple Watch

Written by Jack Lloyd

Last Updated: March 29, 2019

This wikiHow teaches you how to change the time displayed on your Apple Watch. Unfortunately, since your Apple Watch's timezone is synchronized with your iPhone's timezone, you will need to do this from your iPhone instead of your Apple Watch.

Steps

1
Make sure your Apple Watch is paired with your iPhone. Since you can't change your Apple Watch's timezone on the Apple Watch itself, you'll need to use a Watch-paired iPhone to change the timezone settings.
- You cannot change your Apple Watch's timezone to display a different time than your iPhone.
2
Open your iPhone's
Settings. Tap the Settings app icon, which resembles a grey box with gears on it.

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3
Scroll down and tap
General. You'll find this option near the top of the "Settings" page.
4
Scroll down and tap Date & Time. It's near the middle of the page.
5
Disable the automatic timezone setting. Tap the green "Set Automatically" switch
in the middle of the page, then wait for the switch to turn white.
- If the switch is already white, skip this step.
- If you want to use the time from your current timezone, skip to the last step in this section.
6
Tap Time Zone. It's near the middle of the screen.
7
Search for a city. Delete any text in the search bar at the top of the screen, then type in the name of the city of which you want to use the timezone. You should see the city's name and country appear below the search bar.
8
Select your preferred city. Tap the city you want to use as a reference for your timezone. Both your iPhone and your Apple Watch will update to display the appropriate time.
- If your Apple Watch's screen is awake when you select the city, lower your wrist to shut down the screen, then raise your wrist to awaken it again in order to see the updated time.
9
Use your current timezone. If you want to use the timezone for your current location, tap the white "Set Automatically" switch
near the top of the page. You should see the switch turn green
, and your Apple Watch should start using the updated time within a few seconds.
- If this switch is already green but your iPhone is using the wrong timezone, tap the switch once to turn it off, wait a few seconds, and then tap it again to turn it back on.

Warnings

You cannot change the Apple Watch's timezone from the Apple Watch's settings. You also can't use the iPhone's Watch app.

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