Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?
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@Obsolesce 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 ?:
@Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:
What is the result of this command:
w32tm /query /sourceService has not been started.
Run these in order:
net stop w32time w32tm /unregister w32tm /register net start w32timeYou may have to do the /register one twice... or hte unregister one... i forget which
Service has been started
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@Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:
After the service is started, run this:
w32tm.exe /resync /rediscover /nowaitcommand successful succeed
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@Obsolesce what did I just do?
just so I can learn
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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 ?:
After the service is started, run this:
w32tm.exe /resync /rediscover /nowaitcommand successful succeed
Okay, now just wait and see what happens. When will you know if it'll do it again? How often did it happen?
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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 ?:
@Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:
After the service is started, run this:
w32tm.exe /resync /rediscover /nowaitcommand successful succeed
Okay, now just wait and see what happens. When will you know if it'll do it again? How often did it happen?
it's happened for the last 3 days, but then didn't do it today.
So im going to check every morning when I get in to follow up just to be safe. -
@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.
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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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@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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Check and make sure there are no scheduled tasks running that fiddle with he time as well.
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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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@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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I noticed that it set it's time an hour ahead
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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 -
@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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@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.
they were wrote by Microsoft
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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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@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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@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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@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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@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
