Daylight saving begins in NSW, Victoria, South Australia, the ACT and Tasmania this weekend: clocks go forward one hour at 2am on Sunday. If you’ve got an urgent appointment that morning, I’d suggest setting an old-fashioned alarm clock and not relying on your smartphone. More »
At 3am on Sunday April 3, every state except Queensland, WA and the NT will end daylight saving for the year and clocks will go back an hour. No matter where you live, though, you should spend some time come Sunday morning checking that all your devices — computers, phones, tablets, PVRs and anything else with a networked connection — have the correct time. More »
Last time daylight savings time rolled around, iPhone users got a pretty big surprise when recurring alarms started going off at the wrong time. This time around (as the US switches over), users are still having issues, though they seem to be a bit less common, a bit more varied, and much more anecdotal. More »
Uh-oh, another iPhone clock bug seems to have reared its head. Some iPhone owners in Western Australia are reporting on Twitter that their clocks have jumped forward an hour, reflecting what seems to be a bug in the daylight saving implementation. More »
A daylight saving software bug has rendered the recurring alarm function on iPhones pretty useless. Apple says it has already developed a fix, but won’t say when it will be released. More »
We noted the importance of checking the time on devices when daylight saving began over the weekend in many states, but it turns out that iPhones running iOS 4 have a more subtle problem: recurring alarms go off at the wrong time once daylight saving has kicked in. More »
We’ll be having a quieter than usual Monday because of the NSW long weekend. Readers everywhere in Australia except Queensland, the NT and WA should remember to check for the daylight saving change (2am Sunday clocks go forward to 3am) on any device you possess that has a clock. While up-to-date PCs and Macs shouldn’t have a problem, phones, PVRs and even hotel room keys are less predictable. Avagoodweekend!
Like most of the country, Lifehacker will be taking a long weekend over Easter — US posts will continue to flow through but there’ll be no local posts until Tuesday. If you’re anywhere other than Queensland, WA or the NT, don’t forget to adjust your clocks for daylight saving by going back an hour on Saturday night.
This weekend sees the majority of the Australian population switch away from daylight saving and back onto “regular” time. Not forgetting to reset the clocks is a challenge everyone has to master, but the switch to or from daylight saving poses extra challenges for tech-laden travellers. More »
Those Australian states which follow daylight savings have already made the switch, but Western Australia this year decided not to continue with a test of daylight saving. That might be good news for Perth curtains, but it means a bit of messing around with settings for Windows-using WA residents. More »
