Windows 10: "Set time zone automatically" not working

Hi. I'm running Windows 10 version 2004 OS build 19041.572 on my Samsung laptop.

I set it to change time zone automatically, by right-clicking the clock at the tray, clicking "Adjust date/time" and then turning on "Set time zone automatically", but it never worked. By the way, "Set time automatically" is also turned on.

On the same screen, "Last successful time synchronization" shows today's date, some minutes ago. Seems no problem there.


Some more information: on the services console services.msc, "Auto Time Zone Updater" tzautoupdate shows startup type as "manual". When I open cmd as administrator and type "net start tzautoupdate" and hit enter, it says the service started sucessfully. If I then run "sc query tzautoupdate" it returns state 4 running. If I repeat this last command after some seconds, it returns state 1 stopped, with all the exit codes equal to zero.


Oh, by "it never worked" I mean nothing happens. I can set the timezone to whichever I want, and then turn on the automatic time zone update, restart the notebook, connect to a different wi fi network... there's no effect, the timezone I chose remains.


Any ideas?

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Set Time Zone Automatically

Your suggestion, while good, did not correct my problem. What it did do was lead me to the answer, thank you.

Seems that the default location set for my computer was blank. When time zone was set to automatic, Windows didn't know where I was and probably reverted to the last entry in the zone list, Moscow. I re-entered my proper location, set the zone to Auto and
everything was good to go.

 

Fluctuating Time Zone Setting

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Apologize for the inconvenience caused to you.

I would suggest you to check if the values for “set time automatically” and “set time zone automatically” under Date and Time settings are “ON”. If not, then suggest you to make the vale to “ON” and check for the status.

If the issue still persists, follow the steps provided below:

• Press Windows key + R, type services.msc and press Enter.
• Locate Windows Time from the list and double click on the service.
• In Genereal tab, set the Startup type to Automatic.
• Click on Apply and OK.

Hope the information is helpful. Feel free to write to us for any other assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

"Set time zone automatically" does not work. Why and how to fix it?

Hi,

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community.

I do appreciate your efforts and time.

You can try the steps below and check if it helps.

• Go to Search. Type Data and Time. Open it.
• Click on Internet Time tab.
• Click on Change settings.
• Check Synchronize with the Internet time server.
• Click on update now.
• Click Ok.

Also, you can check the Date and Time settings.

• Go to Search and type Change Date and Time.
• Click on it to open.
• Make sure set time automatically is on.
• Make sure set time zone automatically is on.

Hope this helps in resolving the issue. If the issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.