How do you set he date for a Timex 1440 Sports 842-T5K239

My watch has model number 504-tsk085, labeled Timex 1440 Sports, and Timex provides the incorrect manual for it online. I wrote these instructions after careful experiment:

Upper left button: press to switch to a stopwatch, or...

Press and hold to enter alarm setting mode. Once flashing press again to enter time/date setting mode.
-- you can only do one or the other without exiting the setting
mode (time or alarm set).
- within the setting mode you use the two right side buttons
in obvious ways to set times/dates
Exit setting mode by pressing upper left again

Lower left button: light
Upper right button (when not setting time): reveal date while pressed

Lower right button (when not setting time): reveal alarm time while pressed.

ALSO: WHILE lower right button is pressed you can change alarm
on/off and chime on/off through the four possible settings by
secondarily pressing the upper right button repeatedly.

just change the time from the menu...unless we're missing something here

http://www.timex.com/info/Product_Instruction_Guides_Downloads

mcdevito75 here, For now, you need to know 2 buttons, the MODE and SET buttons, First press the MODE button, you may have to hold it in 2--3 seconds, see the display Blinking, now press the SET button for each function, (hour, minute etc). press MODE after each function is set, after all is set Press MODE for steady display. Here"s Timex Contact number for a manual, 800-448-4639

Setting My Timex 1440 Sports Watch (4-button)
1. With the time and date showing, press the top left button.
2. Press the right top button (this sets seconds)
3. Press the bottom left button. This flashes the hour; press the top right button until you have the correct hour (there is no symbol for am, pm will show if pm).
4. Press the bottom left button, minutes flash. Press the top right button until correct minutes.
5. Press the bottom left button, month flashes. Press the top right button until correct.
6. Press bottom left button, date flashes. Press the top right button until correct.
7. Press bottom left button, day flashes. Press right top button until correct.
8. Press bottom left button, time format flashes ( now it can be set to 24 hour clock). If correct, you're done. Press top left button if you're done (can be pressed at any step if you're finished).

http://www.timex.com/info/Product_Instruction_Guides_Downloads

Use the numbers on the back of your watch and you will have a PDF version of your instruction manual.

Hope this tip helps

R/

David

Here you go old chap:
http://assets.timex.com/manuals/

Cheers.

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Choose: SPORTS, then SPORTS1440 and download manual.

the buttons are numbered

http://assets.timex.com/instructions/w3Instr.pdf

Try the link above for a manual.  It is NOT the same watch, but does have some buttons named similarly to the 1440.  Go to the Time and Date section.  The key was to hold down the SET button till the seconds flashes, then use START/SPLIT to adjust the value and MODE to toggle to the next field etc.
Best of luck