Date option missing

Me again. Quite literally the next thread I came across had the answer:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251803198?page=1

as per connorfromgrinnell's post - you need to make sure that Apple's Calendar app is installed. I can confirm this fixed the problem for me. It appears that WatchOS is now dependent on that app for dates. I removed Apple Calendar from my phone/watch because I use Google's Calendar instead.

I can confirm this with a brand new Apple Watch series 6 device (unfortunately I didn't get to test this with my old series 4). The Date complication only shows Off with no other option. I've tried:

• Restarting the Apple Watch
• Closing and restarting the Apple Watch app on the iPhone
• Unpairing the Apple Watch, deleting the Apple Watch app, and signing out of iCloud on the iPhone
• Restarted iPhone, signed back into iCloud, reinstalled Apple Watch app, and re-paired the Watch

All results the same: no Date complication for the Modular or Infographic Modular watch faces. I've raised a call with Apple and I'm waiting for an engineer to call me back tomorrow. It does look to be a bug in WatchOS 7 (another one being that no watch faces appear in the Face Gallery via the Apple Watch app on iPhone after pairing a new watch - you need to scroll up and down continuously to be able to populate the gallery; looks to be a UI bug).

Sometimes even if you have the calendar app on your phone it doesn't work. In that case delete the calendar app from your iPhone and reinstall it. That fixed it on my watch. Good luck

Your welcome. I love updates because of all the new stuff but hate them for all the new problems. Good thing is, Apple usually gets it sorted out. Stay safe

I'll let the engineer know that when I speak with them tomorrow. Thanks for the tip!