Windows 11 time is ahead.

bep1995 · Jul 31, 2024

Hello guys !!

There is a little problem with the time/clock on my pc.

It's always some seconds ahead of the actual time.

I sync it 10 days ago and after 7 days it was 3 secs ahead and today it's 8 secs ahead, so it's 0.5-1 sec ahead per day.

Is it a battery problem ?? The motherboard is a gigabyte b550 aorus elite and I bought it exactly 3 years ago.

Can something else cause this problem ?? Software ?? The windows itself ??

Thanks in advance !!

Josey Wales · Jul 31, 2024

What are you using to calibrate the Time?

bep1995 · Jul 31, 2024

Josey Wales said:
What are you using to calibrate the Time?

I just click on "Sync now" on "Date & time" settings in windows. The sync works, but as i said day after after it's 0.5-1 secs ahead

Edit: Right now, after maybe 3 hours, the time is 0,2 sec behind, according to the website time.is. I don't know why is behind and not ahead, but i'm pretty sure that tomorrow will be ahead.

steveg · Jul 31, 2024

Look in Task Schedular, Microsoft, Windows, Time Synchronization. You can set the interval there.

bep1995 · Jul 31, 2024

steveg said:
Look in Task Schedular, Microsoft, Windows, Time Synchronization. You can set the interval there.

View attachment 102776

So, what settings i must change ?? I have the same settings.

Also as you can see, in the SynchronizeTime in the Last Run Results there is an error, ( or at least, i think it's an error) (0x420). Whats that ??

steveg · Jul 31, 2024

You probably need to experiment with changing the time server(s). In the pic I posted check the "If task fails, restart every:" box and again experiment with different intervals.

Josey Wales · Jul 31, 2024

bep1995 said:
I just click on "Sync now" on "Date & time" settings in windows. The sync works, but as i said day after after it's 0.5-1 secs ahead

Edit: Right now, after maybe 3 hours, the time is 0,2 sec behind, according to the website time.is. I don't know why is behind and not ahead, but i'm pretty sure that tomorrow will be ahead.

I meant what are you using to check the time on your PC with? Another Clock? An Atomic Clock ..etc...

bep1995 · Jul 31, 2024

Josey Wales said:
I meant what are you using to check the time on your PC with? Another Clock? An Atomic Clock ..etc...

The website time.is. But there are many other websites with the same accuracy as time.is. Also many greek sites (i'm greek).

Now the the time is stucked at 0.4 sec behind, even if i sync it.

Steve C · Aug 1, 2024

There seems to be a bug in Windows 11 where auto synch fails on some PCs. I use the program NetTime NetTime - Network Time Synchronization Tool which is more reliable than Windows 11 auto time sync.

andrew129260 · Aug 1, 2024

In addition to the other suggestions, You might need to replace the cmos battery on your motherboard depending on the age of the machine. 3 Years shouldn't be long enough for it to die, but the battery doesnt cost much to try to replace it to see what happens.

Typically though, if your cmos battery is dead the bios settings will reset and you will get a message on boot. If that is not happening, probably isn't the cmos.

steveg · Aug 1, 2024

Mine is off .05 sec, pretty sure that is internet delay between syncing.

Mooly · Aug 1, 2024

bep1995 said:
Can something else cause this problem ?? Software ?? The windows itself ??

Do you have Fast Start disabled in Power Options?

I found over several years that whenever I did this the clock stopped syncing. It should look like this, ticked and greyed out.

Also see:

When did your clock last synchronise?

I noticed the clock was about 20 seconds in error today and on checking the 'last synced' date was surprised to see 01/01/22 Clicking sync now worked correctly and it re-synced. The date seems odd, more than just coincidence that it should be 01/01. If I look at 'date and time' in control panel...

www.elevenforum.com

Pnokio · Aug 1, 2024

On my PC, in 'Services' the Start up type for the Windows Time service is 'Automatic (Delayed Start)'. I'd try that if I were you.

bep1995 · Aug 1, 2024

andrew129260 said:
In addition to the other suggestions, You might need to replace the cmos battery on your motherboard depending on the age of the machine. 3 Years shouldn't be long enough for it to die, but the battery doesnt cost much to try to replace it to see what happens.

Typically though, if your cmos battery is dead the bios settings will reset and you will get a message on boot. If that is not happening, probably isn't the cmos.

Right now I will not replace the cmos battery, it's right behind the gpu, it's not that difficult to do it, but I'm bored right now. I have changed at least 8-9 settings in bios and the battery is keep them without a problem, do I don't know if that's the problem.

Mooly said:
Do you have Fast Start disabled in Power Options?

I found over several years that whenever I did this the clock stopped syncing. It should look like this, ticked and greyed out.

I always disable it after a clean install.

Pnokio said:
On my PC, in 'Services' the Start up type for the Windows Time service is 'Automatic (Delayed Start)'. I'd try that if I were you.

In my pc the windows time service is "Manual (Trigger Start)" I think that's the default as I didn't change it.
Did you change it or it was "Automatic (Delayed Start)" by default ??

andrew129260 · Aug 1, 2024

bep1995 said:
In my pc the windows time service is "Manual (Trigger Start)" I think that's the default as I didn't change it.
Did you change it or it was "Automatic (Delayed Start)" by default ??

Mine is also set to manual triggered start.

Make sure your not using a vpn that is turned on and do the following:

Try doing this, right click the clock and choose adjust date and time. Toggle off the set time zone automatically and the set time automatically setting.

Wait a bit and then re-enable them. See what happens over time.

hsehestedt · Aug 1, 2024

The RTC circuit used in many PCs is notoriously inaccurate. I have multiple machines on which time drifts by at LEAST 5 seconds per day.

I run a third party utility that syncs the time every 15 minutes. Is this overkill? Sure. I could probably change it to sync once every few hours, but this seems to work well for me.

NetTime - Network Time Synchronization Tool

bep1995 · Aug 1, 2024

andrew129260 said:
Mine is also set to manual triggered start.

Make sure your not using a vpn that is turned on and do the following:

Try doing this, right click the clock and choose adjust date and time. Toggle off the set time zone automatically and the set time automatically setting.

Wait a bit and then re-enable them. See what happens over time.

It's a desktop pc, it doesn't have gps, so, the set time zone automatically is off and gray out.

andrew129260 · Aug 1, 2024

bep1995 said:
It's a desktop pc, it doesn't have gps, so, the set time zone automatically is off and gray out.

that doesn't matter. If it's grayed out, you probably have location services turned off.

Step 1: Press the Win + I keys to open the Settings interface.

Step 2: Click the Privacy & Security tab on the left-side side.

Step 3: Scroll down to App permissions and click Location to explore it.

Step 4: On the right-hand pane, set Location services to On. Set Let apps access your location to On.

bep1995 · Aug 1, 2024

hsehestedt said:
The RTC circuit used in many PCs is notoriously inaccurate. I have multiple machines on which time drifts by at LEAST 5 seconds per day.

I run a third party utility that syncs the time every 15 minutes. Is this overkill? Sure. I could probably change it to sync once every few hours, but this seems to work well for me.

NetTime - Network Time Synchronization Tool

The truth is that I don't want to install another program just to correct the time by some seconds.

Can I edit the SyncronizeTime in the task schedule to sync the time more frequently and get the same results ??

hsehestedt · Aug 1, 2024

In that case, just create a scheduled task in Task Scheduler to resync time as frequently as you want.

BTW, I can understand not wanting to run an app, but you might consider that this particular app is very light weight coming in at well under 1MB in size. It also seems to be bulletproof. I have been running it for a few years now and never even know that it is there.

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