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We wouldn\u2019t think many aspects of iPhone<\/a> user interface design could be more straightforward than the time picker in the alarm function \u2013 but it appears we would be wrong \u2026 <\/p>\n Macworld<\/a> spotted a tweet<\/a> by someone who found that neither hours nor minutes are loops, but are instead very long lists with a definite end.<\/p>\n When the hour passes 23 (or 11pm if you\u2019re that way inclined) and returns to 00, it isn\u2019t actually returning to zero, it\u2019s moving on to a new one. Similarly, when the minutes pass from 59 to zero.<\/p>\n I tested this out and can confirm the claim. If you\u2019re interested, the hours list starts with an 01 and ends, slightly randomly, with a 16, while the minutes list runs from 00 to 39 (with many, many full cycles in between). It took me roughly 30 swipes to get from the beginning to the end of each list.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The site speculates that this just may be a more efficient way to program it, but if anyone has any better theories, please let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t the end of the discoveries waiting to be made in Apple\u2019s pickers. The question of how far into the future the calendar goes currently lies beyond the limits of present-day scientific knowledge. Macworld\u2019s David Price went as far as the year 6888, while a Redditor went as far as 10005, but neither reached the end.<\/p>\n Is there an end? Is there a final hidden calendar entry? The world awaits a fearless explorer to reveal the truth.<\/p>\n Highlighted accessories<\/p>\n Photo by\u00a0Djim Loic<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n\n