Samsung Galaxy showing the wrong time or date: fix

By Saadat Rafiq · 2 min read · 5 steps · Published 6 October 2026

Device

Android

Shown on

Samsung Galaxy A57 5G (SM-A576B), One UI 8.5, Android 16

App

Settings

Path

Settings › General management

Real screenshots

3 of 5 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. Open Date and time

   Open Settings, General management, Date and time.

   Done

2. 

   Turn on Automatic date and time

   This uses the date and time from your mobile network. It is on on ours.

   Done

3. 

   Turn on Automatic time zone

   This sets the time zone from the network too, so the clock changes when you travel or the clocks go forward or back.

   Done

4. 

   Use location for the time zone

   Set time zone based on location uses your location instead of the network. It is greyed out on ours because Location is off.

   Done

5. Set it by hand if needed

   If the network gives the wrong time, switch both automatic options off. Set date, Set time and Select time zone can then be changed; set them and restart.

   Done

About this guide

A wrong time is usually a wrong time zone, or the automatic setting switched off after travel or a SIM change. A wrong time breaks more than the clock: sign-ins, alarms and secure websites can fail. We only looked at these screens on our phone and changed nothing.

The screenshots are from a Samsung Galaxy A57 5G with One UI 8.5 and Android 16, in Dark mode. Other Galaxy phones on One UI 8 use the same menus; on older One UI versions a few names and positions differ.

Good to know

With Automatic time zone on, the clock moves forward and back for summer time by itself. Use 24-hour format, the last switch on the page, only changes how the time looks.

Without a SIM, the phone takes the time from the internet over Wi-Fi.

In short: Settings, General management, Date and time: Automatic date and time and Automatic time zone on; otherwise set them by hand.