Recently installed version "Updated 12.05.2011 Windows 7", and noticed that despite the time zone being in the correct setting (Pacific Standard time), that the Clock Was off by several hours. I searched online for answers and read somewhere that deselecting the 'sync with internet clock' might help the issue. It did seem to resolve the issue for the short-term, but after some updates I have noticed once again that my system clock is 7 hours ahead. Is there some known bug with this install for this time setting? How might I resolve this issue?
In the date/Time Control panel section the third tab is Internet Time, Try another syncing site eg time.windows.com
it seems to be resetting with all the different internet clocks, and when internet sync is off. why is this happening?
What brought it to my attention was that my f.Lux wasn't turning on, so I went and checked the time in BIOS and noticed that it was forward by 7 hours. This explains a few things but it doesnt stop there.. I should mention at this point that I am doing booted, with a Windows7 partition and an Ubuntu 14.04 partition. If I go into BIOS and set the time to the correct time, and load into Windows everything stays fine. I can restart the system into Windows and nothing changes. As soon as I log into Ubuntu via the Windows bootloader something changes. If i reboot after logging into Ubuntu and go into BIOS, the clock is off again (forward 7 hours each time)
I get that. But many a computer part has been bought "brand new" only not to work as expected or not at all. When all else fails, replace the battery and see what happens. Or at least pull it out for 10 seconds so things reset. Sometimes there is a jumper you can use to "jumper it out" so to speak.
I'm open to the possibility that this is so.. this happened thbough after i installed windows, and the windows bootloader
Ubuntu loves to set UTC time into the hardware clock. While it doesn't hurt normal usage, it hurts dual booting. Boot Ubuntu, open a terminal, then type "hwclock --systohc --localtime". After this, it will store local time, just like windows, and your clock won't be messed up anymore.
There's also a Registry setting for Windows to assume BIOS time is UTC: Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation] "RealTimeIsUniversal"=dword:00000001