{
  "id": 18472712,
  "title": "Safari's Autofill feature may be distorting time",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/safaris-autofill-feature-may-be-distorting-time-18472712",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-06T07:31:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register Science",
    "slug": "the-register-science",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/applications/2026/11/06/safaris-autofill-feature-may-be-distorting-time/5308006"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Apple's Safari browser may be exhibiting an inconsistent date handling error when using the autofill feature for credit cards. This problem has been reported since at least 2017, with users noting that their credit card expiration month sometimes changes when traveling between time zones. The issue is said to occur when Safari autofills credit card information, with the expiration month decreasing by one during these instances. Various users across different devices have experienced this bug, even after transferring data from their previous devices. The community believes the issue lies within Safari's code rather than in the open-source WebKit engine. Apple has not provided a clear solution, but advice from their Help Desk suggests clearing the browser cache and re-entering credit card details. The bug, if it exists, has kept the issue alive in a Reddit thread for four years, but the Register was unable to reproduce the described behavior.",
  "summary": "Repeated reports about inaccurate form filling have lingered for years",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}