Safari's Autofill feature may be distorting time
Repeated reports about inaccurate form filling have lingered for years
Apple's Safari browser's Autofill feature appears to be experiencing a date handling error that occasionally leads it to provide incorrect credit card expiration dates when filling out forms. This issue has been reported by Apple customers since at least 2017 and has continued into 2024. Users have noticed that when they travel between time zones, the expiration month of their stored credit cards in Safari Autofill changes unexpectedly.
For instance, a card with an expiration date of 10/2029 might be changed to 09/2029. The issue persists even when users move to a new computer, regardless of whether they transfer their data from the old one. While Apple's Help Desk recommends clearing the browser cache and re-entering credit card details, this does not appear to be a permanent solution, as it suggests that Safari's handling of cached data may need to be addressed.
The root cause of the problem is currently unclear, but it seems to be related to Safari's code rather than the open-source WebKit engine.
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