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That's 1 year and 1 day - you can't count October 8th 2015 and Oct 8th 2016 in the same "year"
I don't think it's because of leap year. It's because there counting the 8th as the beginning of the 1 year which means it would end at the end of the 7th the following year.
Yup. Imagine what would happen if the warranty started the day after you bought it, and you dropped it on the day you purchase it. Yikes.
That said, it also ends on the 7th in 2016 because the warranty is only tracked for "full days". So it starts on the "full day" you purchase, and ends on the last "full day" of the year. They won't give you a couple hours just because of when you buy it on a given day.
Think of it this way: If you purchased it on January 1st 2015, then the last day of your one-year-warranty would be on December 31st 2015, and not on January 1st 2016.
But to be honest, I doubt Apple would not honor your warranty a few days after your warranty expired.
But to be honest, I doubt Apple would not honor your warranty a few days after your warranty expired.
The 1 year warranty is based on your home planet... not the one you made your purchase on.
I think the OP feels that if he bought it at 2:00 p.m. on October 8, the warranty should run until 2:00 p.m. the following October 8. That would be an exact year. But they don't keep track of the time of day of the purchase. So the warranty begins at the beginning of the day of purchase (even though you hadn't bought it yet) and ends at the end of the day, a day earlier the following year, or 365 days.
If they were really strict about this you'd have an argument they were cheating you out of several hours of warranty. But since they'll likely honor the warranty for a day or two after the end of the period, they're actually giving you a bit more than a full year. Of course, if the device does break down on October 8 the following year, you'd be well advised to go in and ask nicely, rather than begin by blustering about its not being a full year.
If they were really strict about this you'd have an argument they were cheating you out of several hours of warranty. But since they'll likely honor the warranty for a day or two after the end of the period, they're actually giving you a bit more than a full year. Of course, if the device does break down on October 8 the following year, you'd be well advised to go in and ask nicely, rather than begin by blustering about its not being a full year.
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