What Flashing Time, Clock, 12:00, Power Loss or Enter Time Means
Freestanding and slide-in Range: KitchenAid publishes these displays together and explains them in one sentence: when power is first supplied to the range, after a power interruption or failure, the Time, or 12:00, or POWER LOSS will be displayed. Nothing has failed. The range has lost the time of day because it lost power, and it is saying so in whichever form your model uses. The published steps are equally short - press CANCEL to clear the display, then set the time of day.
Common Causes of Flashing Time, Clock, 12:00, Power Loss or Enter Time
- A household power interruption or outage
- The circuit breaker feeding the range tripped or switched off
- Power restored to a newly installed or recently reconnected range
🔧 One Safe Check You Can Try
Press CANCEL to clear the display and set the time of day as your model's controls require. That is the whole procedure. If a cycle or a timer was running when the power went, both are gone, so anything left in the oven needs checking rather than assuming it finished. If the display keeps returning to a flashing clock with no interruption you are aware of, that is a supply-side question rather than a range fault and worth having looked at.
⚠ Why You Shouldn't Go Further Than That
- Nothing is failing, so a service visit to set a clock is a visit spent on something the owner's manual covers in a paragraph.
- A cycle running when power went will not have completed, so food left in the cavity needs checking rather than trusting.
- A clock that keeps resetting with no outage you noticed points at the supply or the breaker, and that is an electrician's question.
Opening a panel to inspect or repair something yourself doesn't automatically cancel your manufacturer's warranty — but it can risk accidental damage, and some manufacturers do have specific service conditions. Check your product's warranty terms, or ask us, before deciding.