Windows Internal clock

[jbolton]

It would seem like once a week, the internal clock on my computer gains exactly 2 hours. I change it back to the correct time in the bios and it's ok for a time. Any Ideas?

Vista

[Cokebottle]

It would seem like once a week, the internal clock on my computer gains exactly 2 hours. I change it back to the correct time in the bios and it's ok for a time. Any Ideas?

Check and make sure that your time zone is correct (PST, or GMT -8), and daylight savings time box is checked.

Sounds like your time zone is off by 2 hours (or off by an hour and DST is not set) so when Windows checks the time server every week, it resets itself to what it thinks is correct.

Have you ever set that since you bought the computer? If not, I'm betting it's set by the factory to central time.

[NorCal Einstein]

I've never had a computer's clock slip hours like that. I do notice my computers may end up 1-2 minutes fast ever few months (only notice when my cell phone doesn't match my computers time). Then I sync up with time.nist.gov and I'm all good.

[E Pluribus Unum]

I've never had a computer's clock slip hours like that. I do notice my computers may end up 1-2 minutes fast ever few months (only notice when my cell phone doesn't match my computers time). Then I sync up with time.nist.gov and I'm all good.

Clock slippage is normal but in the OP's case, it appears as if it is correct, and then changes 2 hours in a day. Internal clocks don't do this. They will drift over time but it is constant.


Your timezone data is probably wrong. When we do daylight savings time changes as changed several times. Run your Windows updates to make sure all of the appropriate time zone patches have been applied.

Then, make sure your timezone is set correctly.