"automatic date and time" isn't. .

[JimA]

The "automatic date and time" is on but I crossed into a new time zone and my phone hasn't changed. I tried restarting my phone as well. Any ideas?

 

[N4Newbie]

How deeply into the new time zone have you gone?

Your phone gets the date and time from the cell tower it is connected to; if it is still connected to a tower in the other time zone or, if it is not connected to a tower at all, then it won't have the correct info.

Are you on Sprint? If so, you may need to run the profile update function.

 

[dpham00]

Re: "automatic date and time" isn't. .

Give it 15 minutes after connecting to the new tower. Also try to restart the phone

 

[JimA]

We are about 50 miles into the new time zone. We have been here for almost 24 hours. And yes, I did restart the phone. Interestingly, other programs that do not rely on the cell tower but on Wi-Fi have changed their times.

 

[meyerweb#CB]

I don't think Android has ever recognized time zones correctly. Whenever I travel I end up having to reset the time manually. Once I do that, it will maintain the correct local time based on the network.

The programs that reset the time are probably using NTP, rather than than the cellular network.