Minnie29 Posted September 28, 2023 #1 Share Posted September 28, 2023 We will be travelling on QM2 next year for our first TA cruise from NYC home to Southampton. I understand that the hour change is done at 12noon. We normally use our I Phone to set our morning wake up alarm but with the hour changes this could be problematic. Does the cabin have the facility to set a morning wake up alarm/call? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted September 28, 2023 #2 Share Posted September 28, 2023 14 minutes ago, Minnie29 said: We will be travelling on QM2 next year for our first TA cruise from NYC home to Southampton. I understand that the hour change is done at 12noon. We normally use our I Phone to set our morning wake up alarm but with the hour changes this could be problematic. Does the cabin have the facility to set a morning wake up alarm/call? Thank you You can arrange an automatic wake-up call on the phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 3rdGenCunarder Posted September 28, 2023 #3 Share Posted September 28, 2023 If your phone doesn't reset automatically--I don't know if the ship's wifi will trigger that--just remember to reset it each afternoon. There's no alarm clock in the room, but you can get a wake-up call on the phone in your cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie29 Posted September 28, 2023 Author #4 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Thank you so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Pushpit Posted September 28, 2023 #5 Share Posted September 28, 2023 The phone also has a little clock on it, which matches "ship's time". I do get briefly confused by time zone changes because my phone and laptop try to make a stab at timings - based on location data and what the wifi says, and doesn't alway get it right, whereas the clock on display here is correct. You can see the side button for the alarm here. You can also order room service for a specific time, even if it's just some tea and coffee, and thus get a knock on the door more-or-less as planned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winifred 22 Posted September 28, 2023 #6 Share Posted September 28, 2023 I never got my iPhone to change time on the either crossings. I left it in the end and just kept remembering how many hours to add or subtract. !! My Apple Watch was completely haywire and I had hide it in the safe wrapped up as the alarm kept going off at 6 45 U K time. Eventually it ran out of battery and I never recharged it. The captain in his 12 o clock announcements always told us the relevant city’s time zone we were in so if you knew what you were doing you could change your phone iPad etc.. I always went by the time on the cabin telephone or from a deck clock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldBear Posted September 28, 2023 #7 Share Posted September 28, 2023 5 minutes ago, Pushpit said: The phone also has a little clock on it, which matches "ship's time". I do get briefly confused by time zone changes because my phone and laptop try to make a stab at timings - based on location data and what the wifi says, and doesn't alway get it right, whereas the clock on display here is correct. You can see the side button for the alarm here. You can also order room service for a specific time, even if it's just some tea and coffee, and thus get a knock on the door more-or-less as planned. We usually do both - with the wake up on the phone a few minutes before the room service time on the door hanger [room service _usually_ arrives just before the selected time] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 3rdGenCunarder Posted September 28, 2023 #8 Share Posted September 28, 2023 10 minutes ago, Winifred 22 said: I never got my iPhone to change time on the either crossings. I left it in the end and just kept remembering how many hours to add or subtract. !! My Apple Watch was completely haywire and I had hide it in the safe wrapped up as the alarm kept going off at 6 45 U K time. Eventually it ran out of battery and I never recharged it. The captain in his 12 o clock announcements always told us the relevant city’s time zone we were in so if you knew what you were doing you could change your phone iPad etc.. I always went by the time on the cabin telephone or from a deck clock. One of the advantages of an old-fashioned wristwatch is that you can set it and be sure it's in the right time zone. I can probably reset my watch faster than my phone. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMac1953 Posted September 28, 2023 #9 Share Posted September 28, 2023 51 minutes ago, 3rdGenCunarder said: One of the advantages of an old-fashioned wristwatch is that you can set it and be sure it's in the right time zone. I can probably reset my watch faster than my phone. That's exactly what we do! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Victoria2 Posted September 28, 2023 #10 Share Posted September 28, 2023 1 hour ago, 3rdGenCunarder said: One of the advantages of an old-fashioned wristwatch is that you can set it and be sure it's in the right time zone. I can probably reset my watch faster than my phone. Quaint, but very effective!!😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell Boy Posted September 28, 2023 #11 Share Posted September 28, 2023 4 hours ago, Minnie29 said: We will be travelling on QM2 next year for our first TA cruise from NYC home to Southampton. I understand that the hour change is done at 12noon. We normally use our I Phone to set our morning wake up alarm but with the hour changes this could be problematic. Does the cabin have the facility to set a morning wake up alarm/call? Thank you Good gracious call me old fashioned, but I've never taken a cruise without my trusted travel Alarm Clock Leave the I Phone in the safe or under the bed and forget about it . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare D&N Posted September 28, 2023 #12 Share Posted September 28, 2023 I don't generally need alarms to wake me in the morning and I think there were enough clocks around the ship or the cabin phone to tell us the time. However I do like to keep the time updated on my phone and camera so that photos have the correct digital time stamp in the data. Last time I had difficulty finding a time zone for GMT-2 on my phone and had to set that manually. I've figured it out for next time. I forgot to do that with the camera I'd taken, but it was only used for a limited number of snaps. I used an app to bulk change the exif data in the files to the correct times. The new camera makes it easy to change between zones in each direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleFish1976 Posted September 29, 2023 #13 Share Posted September 29, 2023 You can set your iphone so that the time is to be changed manually; or set it to the time of a particular time zone so that it just stays on that time zone until you give it different instructions. Just two options you could use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted October 3, 2023 #14 Share Posted October 3, 2023 On 9/28/2023 at 9:43 PM, LittleFish1976 said: You can set your iphone so that the time is to be changed manually; or set it to the time of a particular time zone so that it just stays on that time zone until you give it different instructions. Just two options you could use. I normally do the same as you and have a list of the time zones that match with ships time. I never found that you can rely on the ships WiFi to adjust for you. There is one timezone that can be problematic. On an iPhone you can also just manually adjust the time without changing the timezone but need to turn off auto adjust time. Can someone confirm at what time Cunard changes their clocks. I've been told by a number of people that Cunard changes timezones at Noon. I read this post - which indicates it depends on East bound (noon) Westbound (2AM) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted October 3, 2023 #15 Share Posted October 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Jim_Iain said: Can someone confirm at what time Cunard changes their clocks. I've been told by a number of people that Cunard changes timezones at Noon. I read this post - which indicates it depends on East bound (noon) Westbound (2AM) I can confirm for QM2 transatlantic crossings between New York and Southampton the clock changes are done at noon on eastbound crossings and at 2:00AM on westbound crossings. We were just on an 18-night round trip crossing from New York to Hamburg and back and once again that's how the clock changes were handled during the two crossings between New York and Southampton. During the 4-night segment from Southampton to Hamburg and back the clock changes to adjust the one hour to/from Germany time were done at 2:00AM in both directions. We've seen the same occur during cruises from Southampton to Norway. The clock changes for those cruises to adjust the one hour to/from Norway time were also done at 2:00AM in both directions. Here are the specifics for when the clock changes were made during our recent 18-night voyage on QM2. I'm using the dates of the daily programmes where the clock changes were communicated. I've highlighted the clock changes for the Hamburg segment to show those were done at 2:00AM going in both directions. Eastbound crossing New York-Southampton Sep 11: New York - No clock change Sep 12: At Sea - Clock moved forward one hour at noon Sep 13: At Sea - Clock moved forward one hour at noon Sep 14: At Sea - Clock moved forward one hour at noon Sep 15: At Sea - No clock change Sep 16: At Sea - Clock moved forward one hour at noon Sep 17: At Sea - Clock moved forward one hour at noon Southampton-Hamburg-Southampton Sep 18: Southampton - Clock moved forward one hour at 2:00AM early next morning Sep 19: At Sea - No clock change Sep 20: Hamburg - No clock change Sep 21: At Sea - Clock moved back one hour at 2:00AM early next morning Westbound crossing Southampton-New York Sep 22: Southampton - Clock moved back one hour at 2:00AM early next morning Sep 23: At Sea - Clock moved back one hour at 2:00AM early next morning Sep 24: At Sea - Clock moved back one hour at 2:00AM early next morning Sep 25: At Sea - No clock change Sep 26: At Sea - No clock change Sep 27: At Sea - Clock moved back one hour at 2:00AM early next morning Sep 28: At Sea - Clock moved back one hour at 2:00AM early next morning Sep 29: New York Now I won't claim the clock changes will always be made on those five specific days of every crossing. And as I indicted in the thread quoted above, there can be the occasional crossings where there are only four clock changes because of the differences between when the UK moves to/from British Summer Time and when the US moves to/from Daylight Saving Time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare tacticalbanjo Posted October 3, 2023 #16 Share Posted October 3, 2023 I either change the clock manually on my phone which is then reflected on my Apple Watch or I set at timer on my phone rather than an alarm. Actually, now I do neither because I have a toddler and I'm up at the crack of dawn regardless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted October 4, 2023 #17 Share Posted October 4, 2023 19 hours ago, bluemarble said: I can confirm for QM2 transatlantic crossings between New York and Southampton the clock changes are done at noon on eastbound crossings and at 2:00AM on westbound crossings. We were just on an 18-night round trip crossing from New York to Hamburg and back and once again that's how the clock changes were handled during the two crossings between New York and Southampton. During the 4-night segment from Southampton to Hamburg and back the clock changes to adjust the one hour to/from Germany time were done at 2:00AM in both directions. We've seen the same occur during cruises from Southampton to Norway. The clock changes for those cruises to adjust the one hour to/from Norway time were also done at 2:00AM in both directions. Here are the specifics for when the clock changes were made during our recent 18-night voyage on QM2. I'm using the dates of the daily programmes where the clock changes were communicated. I've highlighted the clock changes for the Hamburg segment to show those were done at 2:00AM going in both directions. Eastbound crossing New York-Southampton Sep 11: New York - No clock change Sep 12: At Sea - Clock moved forward one hour at noon Sep 13: At Sea - Clock moved forward one hour at noon Sep 14: At Sea - Clock moved forward one hour at noon Sep 15: At Sea - No clock change Sep 16: At Sea - Clock moved forward one hour at noon Sep 17: At Sea - Clock moved forward one hour at noon Southampton-Hamburg-Southampton Sep 18: Southampton - Clock moved forward one hour at 2:00AM early next morning Sep 19: At Sea - No clock change Sep 20: Hamburg - No clock change Sep 21: At Sea - Clock moved back one hour at 2:00AM early next morning Westbound crossing Southampton-New York Sep 22: Southampton - Clock moved back one hour at 2:00AM early next morning Sep 23: At Sea - Clock moved back one hour at 2:00AM early next morning Sep 24: At Sea - Clock moved back one hour at 2:00AM early next morning Sep 25: At Sea - No clock change Sep 26: At Sea - No clock change Sep 27: At Sea - Clock moved back one hour at 2:00AM early next morning Sep 28: At Sea - Clock moved back one hour at 2:00AM early next morning Sep 29: New York Now I won't claim the clock changes will always be made on those five specific days of every crossing. And as I indicted in the thread quoted above, there can be the occasional crossings where there are only four clock changes because of the differences between when the UK moves to/from British Summer Time and when the US moves to/from Daylight Saving Time. Great information. I have definitely book marked it for further reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted October 4, 2023 #18 Share Posted October 4, 2023 The timezones I use on my iPhone - During and after DST you may have to play with Praia New York -5 Hamilton -4 Nuuk -3 Praia -2 Ponta Delgada -1 London I have a FitBit and unless you choose a timezone vs manually changing time it will not sync the time to my FitBit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare D&N Posted October 4, 2023 #19 Share Posted October 4, 2023 I hadn't found an entry for Nuuk in my zone settings, but realised when I researched a few days ago that it was a sub menu of a Greenland option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Pushpit Posted October 4, 2023 #20 Share Posted October 4, 2023 5 hours ago, D&N said: I hadn't found an entry for Nuuk in my zone settings, but realised when I researched a few days ago that it was a sub menu of a Greenland option. Also known unofficially by the former name of Godthåb. I've actually worked there for a while, weird and expensive place! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted October 4, 2023 #21 Share Posted October 4, 2023 I usually set up timezones in World Clock on iPhone. Helps me know when one changes due to DST. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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