Can't sync all the birthdays of a gmail account in apple contacts

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Can't sync all the birthdays of a gmail account in apple contacts

I have about 3,000 contacts in my google account, and I've just got an iPhone 13 Pro Max (iOS 15.4.1).

When I synced the contacts from my google accounts it sync all the contacts but skip all the information in the field of "Birthday", except when my source have the year for that birthday.

But I don't have the year of birthday of almost all my contacts.

This also happens to my Macbook contacts app and iPad contacts app, so its an issue for the app apple contacts syncing in general.

On the other hand, the rest of the information in the fields for each contact syncs well (name, notes, phones, etc.)

Please help, this is very frustrating.

For instance I can't even get a reminder of almost all my contacts birthdays with the Calendar app.

iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 15

Posted on May 18, 2022 11:19 AM

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SravanKrA

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May 18, 2022 1:35 PM in response to _NAM_

_NAM_ wrote:

I have about 3,000 contacts in my google account, and I've just got an iPhone 13 Pro Max (iOS 15.4.1).

When I synced the contacts from my google accounts it sync all the contacts but skip all the information in the field of "Birthday", except when my source have the year for that birthday.

But I don't have the year of birthday of almost all my contacts.

Please recheck the birthdays that you have entered in the Contacts list of Gmail using a web browser. If some of them are syncing and not all that is getting governed by logic. It could be that on Gmail...

The place where birthday dates are stored
The format in which it is stored (mm/dd/yy), Please keep this same across all contacts.

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May 18, 2022 1:31 PM in response to _NAM_

_NAM_ wrote:

For instance I can't even get a reminder of almost all my contacts birthdays with the Calendar app.

Settings > Calendar > Default Alert Times > Birthdays > [Choose what you prefer]

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May 21, 2022 9:20 AM in response to SravanKrA

I always use and check my gmail contacts on a web browser.

However I realized the format in which they were stored in google was different from what I use in Apple (dd/mm/yy). So I changed the google English format in order that they match to each other.

Then I remove my google account from my iPhone, rebooted the device and then add my google account with my contacts again.

But after they synced again on my iPhone: I have the same problem. Nothing changed at all. I’m still with the same problem :(

Thanks, but I still need help on this.

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_NAM_ Author

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May 21, 2022 9:24 AM in response to SravanKrA

Yes, I know this procedure to get notifications, but it doesn't have a point as apple doesn't recognize the dates of my contacts' birthdays. (except the ones that have the year of birthday. That is only few of them.)

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Can't sync all the birthdays of a gmail account in apple contacts

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