topic Re: PowerShot SX60 HS: Loses time and date problem in Point & Shoot Digital Cameras

PowerShot SX60 HS: Loses time and date problem

fortunafoto — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 21:18:12 GMT

Hi, when I change the battery in my SX60HS, it loses the time and date information. What's happening here?

Thanks,

Bob

Re: PowerShot SX60 HS: Loses time and date problem

Tronhard — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 04:51:02 GMT

To clarify, is your situation that the camera being powered up, then turned off and a new battery installed causes it to lose the date and time, or has it been some time since you have used the camera with a battery before using the new battery?
If the battery has been removed or discharged for about 3 weeks, the data and time will be lost. Even if you put a new battery in, it will take about 4 hours to power up the EPROM to keep the date/time again.

Re: PowerShot SX60 HS: Loses time and date problem

fortunafoto — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:19:29 GMT

Hi, this is an immediate thing. I take the one battery out and immediately replace it with a fully charged one. The one that is removed is not fully discharged. I always make sure that the camera is turned off before pulling the battery. While I've had extensive experience with digital cameras, I've never had one do this. In this instance, I started with a full battery, and was shooting heavily, 180 shots in about an hour (wildlife shooting), and the battery was down to the last bar when I finished.

Re: PowerShot SX60 HS: Loses time and date problem

Tronhard — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 18:01:54 GMT

Thanks for your clarification. I had an SX60HS some time ago, so this is somewhat from memory - I would suspect that the EPROM that keeps the date and time may be faulty and not holding the data. Assuming there is a consistent energy supply, it should hold its settings. The SX60 is an old camera and it may simply be a function of its age. I would very much doubt that it would be serviced now, and if it is was, that it would be economically viable to do so.
So, I suspect that if is not critical and, if there are no other symptoms, then keep on taking shots but perhaps see this as a straw in the wind and start considering your options in case it fails completely.

Re: PowerShot SX60 HS: Loses time and date problem

normadel — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:29:16 GMT

Ummmm, the simple explanation is that the internal date/time battery is depleted, so it does not charge from the main battery. So you lose date/time instantly if the main battery is removed.

The FIX would be to have Canon replace the internal date/time battery, but like Tronhard said, that's not likely on this 10-year-old camera. You have to ask Canon.

Re: PowerShot SX60 HS: Loses time and date problem

fortunafoto — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:39:26 GMT

Thank you, this is logical, and it's probably not worth the cost or effort to have the battery replaced. My time goes back to when cameras didn't have batteries, built-in meters and all this other stuff. A simpler time for sure, but not one I would readily want to return to...

Re: PowerShot SX60 HS: Loses time and date problem

BurnUnit — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 06:48:32 GMT

A couple of my older Canons had a small user-serviceable memory battery to retain the time and date settings. It should show in your user manual if that's the case for your SX60HS. Most newer models it seems use a more "built-in" battery or possibly even a capacitor that charges from the main battery to maintain memory. If it's a capacitor that's completely lost its charge, it may take a fair bit of time for it to "form" to where it will hold a charge again. Or the capacitor itself may have just failed.

Re: PowerShot SX60 HS: Loses time and date problem

normadel — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 18:52:56 GMT

We've already established that the SX60 HS does not have a user-replaceable battery.

Re: PowerShot SX60 HS: Loses time and date problem

oluf3mi — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:19:32 GMT

All you need to do is change the CR1220 battery. It's usually right beside the regular battery port. I don't see a lot of people talking about this, but the CR1220 battery is what stores the date and time.

Re: PowerShot SX60 HS: Loses time and date problem

normadel — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:18:09 GMT

Once more, the SX60 HS DOES NOT have a user-replaceable battery.

Re: PowerShot SX60 HS: Loses time and date problem

Sue77 — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 22:22:26 GMT

What is a "date time battery"?

Re: PowerShot SX60 HS: Loses time and date problem

normadel — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 02:27:11 GMT

Digital cameras, like computers, have a battery that maintains the camera's date/time setting when you remove the main battery. This date/time battery is user-replaceable when it runs down, or it's a built-in battery that is kept charged by the main battery. The built-in rechargeable battery does not last forever. When it no longer takes/holds a charge, the camera loses the date/time instantly when the main battery is removed. Same as if the user-replaceable battery is dead.

Re: PowerShot SX60 HS: Loses time and date problem

Sue77 — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 06:49:19 GMT

I don't have the user manual 😕. I was given the camera without it.

Re: PowerShot SX60 HS: Loses time and date problem

Sue77 — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 02:10:06 GMT

Thanks. I think my gifted one might be too old to replace that.

Re: PowerShot SX60 HS: Loses time and date problem

jodice — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 19:40:40 GMT

Does the SX 70 HS Have one?