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jennyp

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For me, the clock app on iOS (iPhone), used as a widget, shows the incorrect day or night (light or dark) coloration for certain cities around the globe. For instance Auckland in New Zealand shows a dark colour for a time when it is in daylight. Wondering if this is a bug or just a problem with my iPhone?
 
Tested it. Seem to be correct.
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Thanks. Hm.. something wrong with my iPhone clock widget then. Look at Auckland on iOS at top here (macOS shot below is correct):
 
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Oh dear. It's gone back to the incorrect day/night colours again. I guess it's a bug that keeps reappearing.
 
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I just decided to try and find out what the black and white were supposed to indicate and apparently it reflects whether it is dark or light out. Is this correct? Is there any way to show AM/PM too?
 
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For me, the clock app on iOS (iPhone), used as a widget, shows the incorrect day or night (light or dark) coloration for certain cities around the globe. For instance Auckland in New Zealand shows a dark colour for a time when it is in daylight. Wondering if this is a bug or just a problem with my iPhone?
I've been wondering about the Black and White too (and likewise the Sun/Moon icon over time in my Apple Watch widget). Obviously the inconsistent results above are particularly problematic.

But apparently the main distinction, according to another thread I saw, is that Black and White switch at 6am and 6pm. (Not actual AM/PM. Not sunset/sunrise.) So a new kind of time! Apple Time! (At least now I know--I think!)

EDIT: Drat! My Albuquerque icon just rolled past 6pm and it's still White! There goes that theory! Ugh.
 
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I don't think it works the same way as it used to so I think it depends what OS you are on and when you last set the clock you want. If it's a widget that's been there for years it's probably what the problem is. I'm not sure when the system changed.
In earlier times, you'd select 'edit widgets' and you would drag a clock widget to the right, click on it it would turn over and then you would tell it what place you wanted it to show the time for.
If you have one which you did like that on a previous OS, in my experience the clock face won't get the day and night right, and if you try to add another one like that you won't be able to make it flip around to change the city.
Every one you drag from default on the left just shows the current time and can't be changed now.
What you have to do now is when you have selected 'edit widget's, look over to the far left settings and find 'clock'
If you go into 'clock', there you will find various options for the clock and you will see there are specific ones which show the current time and specific ones which show time in other cities.
You have to drag one of the models for other cities to the right, then flip it and tell it which city you want.
Then it should get it right in my experience
It seems to be how it works for me.
 
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