Windows 10: System Time and Date always wrong on remote PC

Hi everyone,


I have tried dozens of things to fix this with no success, please help if you can!


I have an industrial PC (Fitlet2) deployed remotely that I access via Teamviewer. The PC is connected to noise logging hardware, and runs software that records data and serves live data to a website via FTP. The PC is running Win 10 Enterprise 2016 and has an on board cellular modem to get online (SIMTech SIM7100).


The system time seems to be wrong by random amounts. I can to notice that the time actually seems to stand still when I am not logged into it. The PC is set to be always on, never sleep, and does not have Modern Standby. I have tried the following:

• Set time and timezone to update automatically, tried both automatic and manual, time issue happens under both settings. Time and date will correct itself if I turn 'set time automatically' off and on, but will later become wrong again.
• Change SNTP server, tried several with the same results.
• Check the Windows Time service is running, it is.
• Installed NetTime to look after time, and disabled Windows Time. The logs from this showed that NetTime was having to add 1hour every hour, meaning that time was not advancing at all...! NetTime was actually causing more issues for my software with the constant time changes, so I have removed it.
• Tried adding the registry 'RealTimeIsUniversal' thing, but didn't see any changes at all.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!


Matt

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Date and Time is right but wrong

Hi Joshua,

Thank you for keeping us posted.

- Do you have a different computer set up with your Microsoft account?

Meanwhile, I would suggest you to try the troubleshooting steps suggested by Andre Da Costa on
How to troubleshoot Product Activation in Windows 10

I would also suggest you to manually set up your computer to synchronize with Windows time by following the steps below:

1. Type "date and time" in the search bar and open it.

2. Click on "internet time" tab.

3. Click on "change settings".

4. Check "synchronize with an internet time server"

5. Under server, select time.windows.com
from the drop down list.

6. Click on "update now" and click
ok.

7. Restart your computer and check if the issue persists.

Also make sure the time zone is set correctly by following the steps below:

1. Press Windows key + I

2. Click on "time and language".

3. Click on "date and time"

4. Choose the appropriate time zone from the drop down list.

Let us know the result.

 

wrong time and date

Hi,

We would like to inform that if the Time and Date in your PC is not correct, you can adjust and fix the same according to your Time Zone. Follow the steps below to learn how to alter the date and time.

1. Click on the Date and Time indicator on the right corner of the Taskbar.

2. Here click on the Change Date and Time settings link.

3. Make the changes that you desire and reboot the PC and check.

Hope this helps

Regards

 

Wrong file modification dates/times

I use ActiveSync 4.5 to synchronize my Mobile WM6.1 with my PC WinXP, SP3. I synchronize Office items and files.

ActiveSync

• owerwrites file dates (modified date to be specific) with current transmission date
• sometimes resyncs all files with no understandable reason and then changes all file dates to current date.

I know this is a known issue but I could not find any reasonable answer on that nasty behaviour. ActiveSync should synchronize files and not spoil them.

Does anybody know exactly how ActiceSync works?

For reproduction of the problem I made an experiment. Protocol follows. Issues that are ok are marked with "+++". Issues that are bugs in my opinion are marked with "---"

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File created on Mobile, later edited,

Not attached to PC

==> On Mobile:

Create Time: 17:32

Modify Time: 17:37

(Note: I have a tool "TreeSize Mobile" that is able to show creation, change and last access date on WM)

Now USB cable attached.

ActiveSync syncs the file to the PC

==> On PC:

Create Time: 17:40

Modify Time: 17:40

--- This is wrong. Time of transmission, not file dates.

+++ But maybe ok because the file is really created on the PC at this time.

==> On Mobile:

Create Time: 17:32

Modify Time: 17:37

+++ This is still unchanged and correct

Even after following runs of ActveSync from other reasons these dates stay unaltered since the file is not transferred again.

+++ This is correct but strange, because the file on the PC is newer than on the mobile.

--- Bug or feature?

Now the File is edited on the PC.

The Mobile is still attached.

Immediately after save of the file:

==> On PC:

Create Time: 17:40

Modify Time: 18:12

A short time later the file is transferred to the Mobile.

And back again!

--- Why back again?

==> On Mobile:

Create Time: 17:32

Modify Time: 18:13

--- This is wrong. Time of transmission, not file date.

==> On PC:

Create Time: 17:40

Modify Time: 18:13

--- This is wrong. Time of transmission, not file date.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

I cannot reproduce the case when ActiveSyncs resynchronizes all (!) files. But when it happens then all file modification dates on both ends are wrong, namely current transmission date. Creation dates sometimes survive, sometimes not.

All in all: Never use file dates on your Mobile. They are totally unreliable.