Set your watch's time & date

On your Wear OS smartwatch, you can change your clock’s settings, including the date, time, and time zone.

Important: The steps below are for Wear OS and may vary based on your manufacturer, device, and software version.

Change the time on your watch

1. If the screen is dim, tap it to wake up the watch.
2. Swipe down from the top of the screen.
3. Tap Settings .
   • If you don't find it right away, swipe left.
4. Tap System Date & time Choose your time settings.

Change which time shows

• To show the same time on your watch and phone:
  1. Turn on Automatic date & time.
• To show the local time:
  1. Turn off Automatic date & time.
  2. Turn on Automatic time zone.
• To set the time manually:
  1. Turn off Automatic date & time and Automatic time zone.
  2. Set the date, time, or time zone.

Change the time's format

1. If the screen is dim, tap it to wake up the watch.
2. Swipe down from the top of the screen.
3. Tap Settings .
   • If you don't find it right away, swipe left.
4. Tap System  Date & time.
5. Scroll down and turn on Use 24-hour format. 

If the time or date on your watch is wrong

Make sure your phone and watch are connected

If your watch and phone are disconnected, your watch might show the wrong time.

When your watch and phone aren’t connected, you’ll notice Disconnected .

To reconnect them, try these suggestions.

Update the time on your phone

If the time on your phone is wrong, it might be wrong on your watch too. 

Learn to change the time on your Android phone.

Set the time zone manually on your watch

1. If the screen is dim, tap it to wake up the watch.
2. Swipe down from the top of the screen.
3. Tap Settings .
   • If you don't find it right away, swipe left.
4. Tap System  Date & time.
5. Scroll down and tap Set time zone. 
   • If you can't tap it, your watch already shows the time zone you're in. To change it, turn off Automatic time zone. 
6. Tap the time zone you want to use.