A stopped watch shows correct time ---

Question

You know the old saying
A slow or fast running watch is worse than a stopped (broken) watch. At least the stopped watch shows correct time twice a day!
Here is a challenge:

A person was wearing a stopped (broken) analog wrist watch with hour, minute and
second hand, that also displayed the date ( Monday thru Sunday and the
day of the month) which showed correct time and day at least 5 times during
a continuous 15 hour period.

The person did not touch the watch settings. He was on the ground all this time.
How is this possible?

hexomino · Accepted Answer

How is this possible?

If all that is confusing, here is an example

Bass · Answer

Since @hexomino's brilliant answer requires that the clock is stuck on a particular time on a particular date, here's another:
On the day that your clock is stuck on,

Some suitable candidates (there are many more, try to pick one where you're least likely to get shot at):

Apart from the last two possibilities, in (or very near) these places a stopped wrist watch will be correct

Nosajimiki · Answer

Another possible answer.

A stopped watch shows correct time ---

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