Time warp

Pablo56 · Jun 24, 2025

Hi. Today my computer is one hour ahead. I am forced to change it to manualy change time. Every time I click on AUTOMATIC it goes one hour ahead. Here in the UK it is 7:58 now. It was fine last night before went to bed.

FreeBooter · Jun 24, 2025

Windows uses time.windows.com as the default time server. If that time server is not working for you or if you want to use some other custom time server, you can do that too.

Open the command prompt as admin and execute the following command.

Code:

w32tm /config /update /manualpeerlist:time.server.url.com

Don't forget to replace time.server.url.com with the actual time server URL. You can use the pool.ntp.org: NTP Servers in Global, pool.ntp.org to find the time server addresses of different countries and places.

As soon as you execute the command, Windows will access that time server, gets the time and syncs it with your system.

XxXxX · Jun 24, 2025

please try.
settings > time and language > date and time

in this window
set time zone auto is 'off'
time zone 'London'
adjust for daylight saving auto is 'enabled'

see if that displays the correct time.
best of luck, Steve ..

Pablo56 · Jun 24, 2025

set time zone auto is 'off'
time zone 'London'
adjust for daylight saving auto is 'enabled'

I don't have Time zone auto just set the time zone automaticaly.

Acording to my attachment I have Region UK but also have Time zone europe which is 1 hour ahead. These are conflicting as the UK is not on the same time zone as europe. How can I set Time ZONE to UK as well as region?

Strange this. Turning time zone automaticaly off, allows me to change it to UK. switching it on changes it back to Brussels time zone.

I have now set the time zone automaticaly [Off}
Time zone set to London.
Adjust for daylight [On]
Set time automaticaly [On]

Now it works. Bill Gates got into my computer during the night maybe. HA!

Pablo56 · Jun 24, 2025

SORRY. This problem is still here. At the moment my time is correct but I have to set time zone automaticaly to off. If it is on it goes one hour ahead to europe time. However, I have software (TV digiguide television schedule stuff) which is showing one hour ahead. It seems to be getting it's time from the true time zone setting. I need help with this

FreeBooter said:
w32tm /config /update /manualpeerlist:time.server.url.com

So I can put it back to automatic. This only happend today. Everything was fine before so there must have been a windows update.

FreeBooter · Jun 24, 2025

You can reset the Windows Time service configurations using Command Prompt.

Open the Command Prompt by typing cmd.exe into Start Menu, right-click on Cmd.exe, and open it as an administrator.

Execute below commands one at a time:

Code:

net stop w32time


w32tm /unregister


w32tm /register


net start w32time


w32tm /resync /nowait

Once you completed the steps, your device should now synchronize with its clock over the internet.

Pablo56 · Jun 25, 2025

Is this information stored in the registry? I understand that. Also I am already administrator so it should not need that but it does. However you fix has worked.

When you install windows in your country then it should be taking timings from that or allowing you to do an offset from a drop down box. That only works if you have automatic off.

FreeBooter · Jun 25, 2025

I'm glad to hear your issue has been resolved, thank you for letting us know that all is now well!

Levitate11 · Jun 25, 2025

Shouldn't MS change the window to say "British Summer Time" when you are in a UK time zone?

Winuser · Jun 25, 2025

Pablo56 said:
When you install windows in your country then it should be taking timings from that or allowing you to do an offset from a drop down box. That only works if you have automatic off.

When I install Windows my time zone is always set to the MS time zone on the west coast. I have to manually set the time zone to (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada). I also found that I need to keep the Set time zone automatically to off.

Pablo56 · Jun 26, 2025

Shouldn't MS change the window to say "British Summer Time" when you are in a UK time zone?
No it doesn't but it showed that I was on EU time not UK time as a default.

When I install Windows my time zone is always set to the MS time zone on the west coast. I have to manually set the time zone to (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada). I also found that I need to keep the Set time zone automatically to off.
Yes my computer gave me the option. I changed it to UK time and for over 3 years it was correct. 2 days ago my computer decided to go European on me.

Berton · Jun 26, 2025

Yes, I've found that a default install of WIndows sets the time zone to Pacific Standard Time or -8 hours from UTC/GMT, that's where the Microsoft headquarters are, Redmond, Washington. I'm in the MST/MDT [Mountain time] -7/-6 hours from UTC/GMT. Sometimes the BIOS has a setting for time, might check that as Windows or other OS reads the BIOS during bootup to know what resources it has to work with and load appropriate drivers. I keep 2 time zones on my Notification area, daily worked with time zones for over 30 years.

Pablo56 · Jun 27, 2025

Sorry FreeBooter. Just booted my home computer today and it has gone back from UK time to Brussels [EU] time.
Even after your quick fix.

Looking at your first post. The only time server I can find is for europe Europe — europe.pool.ntp.org (3436)
But I am in that one. There is no time server for the UK.

This only started happening a few days ago now so this has to be something that MS has caused.

Scott · Jun 27, 2025

Pablo56 said:
There is no time server for the UK.

Look again...

pool.ntp.org: NTP Servers in United Kingdom, uk.pool.ntp.org

www.ntppool.org

wiganken · Jun 27, 2025

Seems your OS is confused. Try running this batch file to fix things. You'll have to extract the files first.
It runs SFC, DISM and CHKDSK commands and it can take a long time to run so be patient. For me it usually takes 15 minutes but once it took about 1 1/2 hours.

Pablo56 · Jun 27, 2025

Looks like MS has changed things and automatic defaults to the country the server is in and ignores where you are. Now I have to set it manualy. What has MS done in the last few days to screw this up.

cereberus · Jun 27, 2025

Check yuour bios time settings - these should align with your time zone. Some pcs override Windows with bios setting

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