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    Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?

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    • WrCombsW
      WrCombs @DustinB3403
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      @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

      @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

      @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

      @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

      @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

      @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

      Per the other random thread this system isn't bound to a domain.

      Is the system constantly resetting to the same date and time?

      Yes,

      Then it goes to 3/3/2019, randomly as well.

      So the system isn't just resetting to a time in the past but randomly jumping around?

      yes, according to the events.

      thinking it might be someone on site doing it, but times dont add up.

      I doubt someone onsite is changing the time to be incorrect.

      I've had to change the time to the past or distant future to get software that the business owned to work. From the devs they said "just change the date to X and it'll work for so many days etc".

      This because their licencing dept was slow to provide licensing.

      I've seen/heard of that but they werent putting anything on this computer

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      • ObsolesceO
        Obsolesce @WrCombs
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        @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

        @Obsolesce what did I just do?

        just so I can learn

        Basically you registered the time service, then started it, then re-synchronized the clock with it's source.

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        • dafyreD
          dafyre
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          Check and make sure there are no scheduled tasks running that fiddle with he time as well.

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          • ObsolesceO
            Obsolesce @dafyre
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            @dafyre said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

            Check and make sure there are no scheduled tasks running that fiddle with he time as well.

            Ya this is a good idea... if you didn't set it up and manage it's life, someone else coudl have some weird tasks going for whatever reason.

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            • WrCombsW
              WrCombs @Obsolesce
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              @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

              @dafyre said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

              Check and make sure there are no scheduled tasks running that fiddle with he time as well.

              Ya this is a good idea... if you didn't set it up and manage it's life, someone else coudl have some weird tasks going for whatever reason.

              I see something for Time Sync in task scheduler

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              • WrCombsW
                WrCombs
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                I noticed that it set it's time an hour ahead

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                • WrCombsW
                  WrCombs @DustinB3403
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                  @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                  @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                  @Obsolesce what did I just do?

                  just so I can learn

                  You reset the time sync service, told it to find a time master and told it to not wait to update.

                  the time sync as in "Internet Time" sync?
                  I've had issues with that in the past.
                  Like it's off by an hour and causes issues

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                  • DustinB3403D
                    DustinB3403 @WrCombs
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                    @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                    @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                    @dafyre said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                    Check and make sure there are no scheduled tasks running that fiddle with he time as well.

                    Ya this is a good idea... if you didn't set it up and manage it's life, someone else coudl have some weird tasks going for whatever reason.

                    I see something for Time Sync in task scheduler

                    Those could be the defaults. You'll have to see who created them and what they do.

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                    • WrCombsW
                      WrCombs @DustinB3403
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                      @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                      @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                      @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                      @dafyre said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                      Check and make sure there are no scheduled tasks running that fiddle with he time as well.

                      Ya this is a good idea... if you didn't set it up and manage it's life, someone else coudl have some weird tasks going for whatever reason.

                      I see something for Time Sync in task scheduler

                      Those could be the defaults. You'll have to see who created them and what they do.

                      mmc_2019-02-04_16-40-45.png

                      they were wrote by Microsoft

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                      • DustinB3403D
                        DustinB3403
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                        I've seen the time slip, usually caused from a aging bios battery. But where time is jumping all over the place. That's a new one.

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                        • WrCombsW
                          WrCombs @DustinB3403
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                          @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                          I've seen the time slip, usually caused from a aging bios battery. But where time is jumping all over the place. That's a new one.

                          after I re synced, It slipped an hour ahead.

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                          • DustinB3403D
                            DustinB3403 @WrCombs
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                            @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                            @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                            I've seen the time slip, usually caused from a aging bios battery. But where time is jumping all over the place. That's a new one.

                            after I re synced, It slipped an hour ahead.

                            Slip meaning time goes more slowly. So you change it at 4PM Monday and by 8AM Tuesday the clock is some random amount of time behind.

                            This is a time jump, not a slip.

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                            • DustinB3403D
                              DustinB3403 @WrCombs
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                              @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                              @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                              I've seen the time slip, usually caused from a aging bios battery. But where time is jumping all over the place. That's a new one.

                              after I re synced, It slipped an hour ahead.

                              An entire hour ahead, would be a timezone issue. If it reoccurs.

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                              • ObsolesceO
                                Obsolesce @WrCombs
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                                @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                I've seen the time slip, usually caused from a aging bios battery. But where time is jumping all over the place. That's a new one.

                                after I re synced, It slipped an hour ahead.

                                Check (as in look at) the timezone and the automatic daylight saving check box

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                                • DustinB3403D
                                  DustinB3403
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                                  And timezone issues don't jump forward and then backwards 3 hours and then forwards 1.

                                  It's a consistent change.

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                                  • WrCombsW
                                    WrCombs @Obsolesce
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                                    @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                    @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                    @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                    I've seen the time slip, usually caused from a aging bios battery. But where time is jumping all over the place. That's a new one.

                                    after I re synced, It slipped an hour ahead.

                                    Check (as in look at) the timezone and the automatic daylight saving check box

                                    Says eastern time .

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                                    • WrCombsW
                                      WrCombs @WrCombs
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                                      @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                      @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                      @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                      @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                      I've seen the time slip, usually caused from a aging bios battery. But where time is jumping all over the place. That's a new one.

                                      after I re synced, It slipped an hour ahead.

                                      Check (as in look at) the timezone and the automatic daylight saving check box

                                      Says eastern time .

                                      wont let me change to Central Standard either

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                                      • DustinB3403D
                                        DustinB3403 @WrCombs
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                                        @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                        @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                        @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                        @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                        @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                        I've seen the time slip, usually caused from a aging bios battery. But where time is jumping all over the place. That's a new one.

                                        after I re synced, It slipped an hour ahead.

                                        Check (as in look at) the timezone and the automatic daylight saving check box

                                        Says eastern time .

                                        wont let me change to Central Standard either

                                        I'm assuming you're in Central Standard, and that would help to explain the "it jumped ahead an hour" issue.

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                                        • DustinB3403D
                                          DustinB3403
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                                          The reason it won't let you change it, IIRC is that it's set to allow windows to manage the time itself.

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                                          • ObsolesceO
                                            Obsolesce @WrCombs
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                                            @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                            @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                            @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                            @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                            @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                            I've seen the time slip, usually caused from a aging bios battery. But where time is jumping all over the place. That's a new one.

                                            after I re synced, It slipped an hour ahead.

                                            Check (as in look at) the timezone and the automatic daylight saving check box

                                            Says eastern time .

                                            wont let me change to Central Standard either

                                            What do you mean it won't let you? Is it grayed out? Is there a link to click in the window to enable changes to be made?

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