Date & Time defaulting to incorrect time zone

Question

My date & time always sets itself to pacific despite the fact that I have "set time zone automatically" disabled and am in the eastern time zone, although it was also doing this when I was in the central time zone. I cannot even turn on "set time automatically" because this setting also switches the time zone for some reason. Outside of this problem my computer correctly detects what area I'm in. I have tried several solutions, such as turning on the windows time service, restarting, updating, and none of them have worked.

As a result of this problem I am unable to access some websites due to my clock being off (I manually set it to the correct time) and most programs display the wrong time. The problem has been ongoing since I put this computer together, using a fresh install of windows.

Answer 1

Hi, Buhhhh.

I'm Jen, I'm also a Windows user just like you. I'm not working for Microsoft but I'd be happy to help you figure this out.

I understand you're still having issues setting the correct time on your PC. Aside from the troubleshooting steps you've already tried, I suggest following the steps in this article and seeing if it helps.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-reasons-windows...

I hope this helps. Feel free to share how it went.

Kind regards.

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