iOS non-recurring alarms failing on New Year’s

It seems that party-goers aren’t the only ones with hangovers on New Year’s Day. According to the Internet, iOS devices don’t recognize one-off alarms after the clock strikes midnight, and the calendar roles to 2011.

Observant readers will remember that Apple’s mobile OS also had issues back at Daylight Saving’s Time, but that issue was only with recurring alarms — the opposite of this issue.

To get around this issue, simply create a recurring alarm. But really, who needs to wake up early on January 1?

Article Via Engadget

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Stephen Hackett, formerly a Lead Mac Genius at Apple, now spends his days running the IT department of a large non-profit in Memphis, TN. He writes about Apple, design and journalism at forkbombr.net. Like all twenty-somethings, you can find him on Twitter. Oh, and he has a dogcow tattoo.

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Nigel

Your advice re setting up a recurring alarm did not work either.

I now have no iPhone alarm until further notice!

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