As reported earlier, the issue is that non-recurring alarms are not firing. The workaround Apple gave for January 1st and 2nd was to use recurring alarms for those days, and then await January 34d, whent the issue would be self-healed, so to speak.
Numerous folks are Tweeting, however, that as of January 3rd, alarms are still not working. CheriDoe, for example, said:
My iPhone alarm didn't work this morning. I thought that was fixed? Will use old technology tomorrow.At the same time, others are reporting their alarms are firing just fine. It's also been reported that deleting an old alarm and re-creating it fixes the issue. While the bug is not likely to affect iPhone sales, it's interesting that the sanctity of high-profile dates, like Daylight Saving Time ending and the New Year seem to have eluded iOS developers.
While the issue affects Apple's built-in alarm (and note, since it's an iOS bug, exists on the iPod touch and iPad, as well), there are plenty of iOS alarm clocks that you can find in the App Store that work. Many of them are free (such as the aptly named Alarm Clock Free, pictured above). There is also the old-school regular old alarm clock, too.
