Windows 10: UTC offset incorrect in Windows OS

Discus and support UTC offset incorrect in Windows OS in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Windows uses local time for some unknown historical reason. If you want you can set it to UTC (especially useful if you dualboot with Linux and/or... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by lx07, Apr 5, 2018.

  1. LX07
    lx07 Win User

    UTC offset incorrect in Windows OS


    Windows uses local time for some unknown historical reason. If you want you can set it to UTC (especially useful if you dualboot with Linux and/or macOS).

    This registry change works on Windows 10 (I use UTC): Time - ArchWiki
     
    lx07, Apr 5, 2018
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  2. WHYCANTIUSEEM
    whycantiuseem Win User

    Today is April 24th 2018 and the UK is in British summertime which is UTC + 1 hour. Windows shows my offset as UTC + 0. I am in London (England) and my windows clock is showing the correct time but I have an application which needs to calculate UTC and it does this by taking the clock time and adjusting it by the UTC offset and it is currently getting the wrong answer. Ubuntu knows what the UTC offset is , as does Apple - why not Microsoft? I would appreciate comments. Thanks folks.

    :)
     
    whycantiuseem, Apr 23, 2018
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  3. UTTAM YADAV
    Uttam Yadav Win User
    UTC Incorrect

    Hi,

    Sorry for the delay.

    I suggest you to provide the screenshot of the issue so that we can get better clarity on this issue.

    You can also add clocks for different time zone and check.

    Thank You
     
    Uttam Yadav, Apr 23, 2018
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  4. KENDALLHOLM
    KendallHolm Win User

    UTC offset incorrect in Windows OS

    UTC Incorrect

    Does anyone know how to fix the UTC time on Windows 10? I have it set to show two times as I work globally with other developers so we operate under UTC and then I have it show local time. The local time is correct but UTC is one hour off. I suspect it
    is the DST that is throwing it off. I work with other operating systems and it seems Windows is the only one that UTC is Off. So if anyone knows how to fix this it would be great.
     
    KendallHolm, Apr 23, 2018
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  5. DEACONFROST
    DeaconFrost Win User
    I'm not all too familiar with these settings, but is your BIOS set to the properly time? That can often cause time issues within the OS.
     
    DeaconFrost, Apr 24, 2018
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