My lphone date changed from 2016 to 1970 what will i do ?

[iMore Question]

my iphone 4 suddenly changed to 1970, and all effort to change to present date proved abortive.

 

[Rob Phillips]

Welcome to iMore! Have you tried manually setting the date and time? What exactly happens? Have you tried performing a hard reset? Reset your device by holding the power button and home button down simultaneously until you see the Apple boot logo.