This tutorial will show you different ways on how to manually change the time on the system clock for all users in Windows 11.
Time is a measure in which events can be ordered from the past through the present into the future, and also the measure of durations of events and the intervals between them.
Your PC's system clock is used to record the time whenever you create or modify files on your PC.
You must be signed in as an administrator to change the time.
Contents
- Option One: Change Time in Settings
- Option Two: Change Time in Control Panel
- Option Three: Change Time in Command Prompt
- Option Four: Change Time in PowerShell
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Time & language on the left side, and click/tap on Date & time on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on the Change button for Set the date and time manually. (see screenshot below)
You will need to turn off Set time automatically to not have the Change button grayed out and disabled.
4 Adjust the time, and click/tap on Change. (see screenshot below)
5 You can now close Settings if you like.
1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Date and Time icon.
2 You can close the Control Panel if you like.
3 In the Date and Time tab, click/tap on the Change date and time button. (see screenshot below)
4 Adjust the time, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)
5 Click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)
1 Open Windows Terminal (Admin), and select Command Prompt.
2 Type the command below you want to use into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
(Set time using 24 hour time)
time HH:MM
OR
(Set time with AM)
time HH:MM AM
OR
(Set time with PM)
time HH:MM PM
Substitute HH in the command above with the actual hour (ex: "10") AM you want to set.
Substitute MM in the command above with the actual minutes (ex: "34") you want to set.
For example: time 10:34
3 You can close Windows Terminal (Admin) if you like.
1 Open Windows Terminal (Admin), and select Windows PowerShell.
2 Type the command below you want to use into the elevated PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
(Set time using 24 hour time)
Set-Date -Date "HH:MM"
OR
(Set time with AM)
Set-Date -Date "HH:MM AM"
OR
(Set time with PM)
Set-Date -Date "HH:MM PM"
Substitute HH in the command above with the actual hour (ex: "10") AM you want to set.
Substitute MM in the command above with the actual minutes (ex: "34") you want to set.
For example: Set-Date -Date "10:34"
3 You can close Windows Terminal (Admin) if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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