How To Change Date and Time on Xbox One? (Easy Guide!)

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While Xbox offers loads of entertainment, something as simple as the wrong time and date can make your experience super frustrating. You may want to change the date and time on your Xbox because of certain game events or achievements, or you may have set your console to the incorrect time zone.

Whatever the reason, being unable to customize the settings on one of your devices can be really annoying. And if you’re reading this, you know exactly what we are talking about!

Can You Change the Date and Time on Xbox One?

Let’s get straight to the point: Yes, you can change the date and time on Xbox One. You can do it while still in the same time zone that your console is currently set to. You can also change the time and date by changing the time zone of your Xbox One.

To make each of these modifications, follow the steps below.

How To Change the Time and Date on Xbox One While Still in the Same Time Zone

Changing the date and time on your Xbox while still in the same time zone is possible, but it requires two conditions:

  1. Setting the Xbox One as the home Xbox
  2. Changing the network status to offline

When you make your Xbox One your home Xbox, you can make any changes you want in the settings. And when you are offline, Xbox One will not get its time and date information from online Xbox servers. That’s how the console shows accurate live dates and times according to the users’ chosen time zone.

Now that you’re familiar with the requirements, let’s get to the steps.

Make Sure Your Xbox One Is Your Home Xbox

My home Xbox settings menuMy home Xbox settings (Credit: YourSixStudios)
  1. Turn on your Xbox One console
  2. Press the Xbox Guide button on your controller. This will open up the side menu on the left of your screen, which consists of 6 different tabs
  3. Navigate the tabs by going right until you reach the last tab in the side menu called “Profile & System”
  4. In there, go down until you land on the “Settings” option
  5. Once you open “Settings”, you’ll see there are 6 different tabs to choose from
  6. Go to the “General” tab then go to the right and select “Personalization” from the displayed options
  7. Inside “Personalization”, scroll down to reach “My home Xbox” and select it (you will be required to enter a passcode if you created one
  8. After, make sure your current console is set as your home Xbox by clicking “Make this my home Xbox”

Go Offline

Go offline option in the Xbox Network settingsGo offline option on Xbox
  1. In “Settings”, go to the “General” tab, and choose “Network” settings
  2. Inside the network settings, find the “Go offline” option and select it. This will disconnect your Xbox One from the internet

Reboot Your Device

Console power settings (turn off, turn off controller, restart)Console restart
  1. Once you’ve gone offline, press and hold the Xbox Guide button
  2. From the pop-up options, select Restart console and confirm by clicking Restart

Manually Change the Time and Date

Changing time  on Xbox One in System > Time menuTime and Date settings on Xbox
  1. Once your Xbox One reboots, press the Xbox Guide button on your controller to enter the side menu again
  2. In “Profile & System”, select the “Settings” option
  3. Go down to the “System” tab then go to the right and select “Time” from the displayed options
  4. Inside, you can select the Time and/or the Date option to make the changes you want

How To Change the Time Zone on Xbox One

Time zone change menu in System >Time Xbox One settingsTime Zone select on Xbox

You don’t need to go offline to change your Xbox One time zone. You can do so by adjusting your time zone. Remember, if you don’t change the time zone, your time and date changes will be undone when you go back online.

Make Sure Your Xbox One Is Your Home Xbox

  1. Press the Xbox Guide button on your controller to enter the side menu
  2. Select “Profile & Settings”
  3. Select “Settings” and go to the “Genera”l tab
  4. Choose “Personalization” and select the “My home Xbox” option
  5. If your current console isn’t already set as the home Xbox, choose “Make this my home Xbox”

Change the Time Zone

  1. Go back to “Profile & System” and select “System”
  2. Go to the right and select “Time” from the displayed options
  3. Inside, you can select the Time zone option to make the changes you want

Can You View Screen Time on Xbox One?

Game activity on the person's Xbox profile pageXbox profile activity

You can only view screen time on Xbox One if you’ve added the console to your Family Settings app. Open the Family screen, choose the tile of the account in question, and then click the Screen Time tile for a detailed activity report.

Alternatively, you can view the time played for each game on your Xbox One as follows:

  1. Press the Xbox Guide button on your controller to enter the side menu
  2. Go right to “Game Activity”
  3. Select “All Achievements”
  4. Choose the game you want to check
  5. Click “Stats”

You can also view the time played on the web by following the steps below:

  1. Go to account.xbox.com and sign in
  2. Choose your gamerpic
  3. Click “Xbox Profile”
  4. Select “Achievements”
  5. Choose a game and click on “Achievements” again
  6. The stats displayed will show the time played
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