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=== Alarm clock bugs ===
Users reported bugs in the Alarm functionality of the Clock app in all versions of iOS 4. The first bug noticed was the "DST bug" which was first seen when some countries switched to/from daylight saving time from/to standard time in October or November 2010.<ref name="SMH iOS 4 alarm bug">{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/iphone/apple-to-fix-dst-alarm-bug-20101007-168um.html |title=Apple to fix DST alarm bug |date=October 7, 2010 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=September 19, 2012 |archive-date=April 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406070138/http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/iphone/apple-to-fix-dst-alarm-bug-20101007-168um.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Engadget iOS 4 DST alarm fail">{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2010/11/01/iphone-dst-bug-causing-alarms-to-fail-across-europe|title=iPhone DST bug causing alarms to fail across Europe (updated)|date=November 1, 2010|website=Engadget|access-date=January 8, 2012|archive-date=November 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122182730/http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/01/iphone-dst-bug-causing-alarms-to-fail-across-europe/|url-status=live}}</ref> It caused recurring alarms to start going off an hour too early or late. Apple promised the bug would be fixed in iOS 4.2, but according to some reports it still exists evenexisted in iOS 4.3.1.<ref name="Softpedia iOS 4 alarm bug">{{cite web|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/iOS-4-3-1-Patch-Imperative-Battery-Drain-Alarm-Clock-Bug-Safari-Hole-189466.shtml|title=iOS 4.3.1 Patch Imperative – Battery drain, Alarm Clock bug, Safari hole|date=March 14, 2011|website=Softpedia|access-date=January 8, 2012|archive-date=February 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209130206/http://news.softpedia.com/news/iOS-4-3-1-Patch-Imperative-Battery-Drain-Alarm-Clock-Bug-Safari-Hole-189466.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
The second alarm clock bug discovered was the "New Year's Day bug" which showed up on January 1, 2011 and January 1, 2012. It caused non-recurring alarms to never work.<ref name="Engadget iOS 4 alarm bug">{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2010/12/31/psa-iphone-alarms-not-working-come-new-years-day-2011|title=PSA: iPhone alarms not working come New Year's Day 2011|date=December 31, 2010|website=Engadget|access-date=January 8, 2012|archive-date=January 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108033011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/31/psa-iphone-alarms-not-working-come-new-years-day-2011|url-status=live}}</ref> However, two days after each New Year's Day, on January 3, 2011, the bug appeared to resolve itself. This bug was seemingly fixed in iOS 4.3.<ref name="Engadget iOS 4 alarm again">{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2012/01/01/psa-iphone-alarm-clock-not-working-again-time-to-update|title=PSA: iPhone alarm clock not working again? Time to update|date=January 1, 2012|website=Engadget|access-date=January 8, 2012|archive-date=January 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108013333/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/01/psa-iphone-alarm-clock-not-working-again-time-to-update|url-status=live}}</ref>