Why suddenly is British daylight saving time not being applied?

[Peter Dow]

Suddenly today I noticed that my PC clock is wrong and running an hour fast

and upon investigation it appears that the daylight saving time which should

be being applied for my time zone, namely -



(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time: Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London



is not now being applied even though I changed nothing and the option



[tick] Automatically adjust clock for saving changes



is still ticked. At this time of the year (April to October) British clocks

are put one hour forward, to GMT+1 or "British Summer Time" and usually

Windows XP knows when that is, and normally displays the correct time, but

suddenly no longer and my PC is displaying GMT+2!



How do I alert Microsoft that windows XP has a bug and needs an update?

 

[Unknown]

May be a server problem. Try a different time server.

"Peter Dow" wrote in message

news:8E442F81-7FF5-4333-A2F5-A3BF695DC07D@microsoft.com...

> Suddenly today I noticed that my PC clock is wrong and running an hour

> fast

> and upon investigation it appears that the daylight saving time which

> should

> be being applied for my time zone, namely -

>

> (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time: Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London

>

> is not now being applied even though I changed nothing and the option

>

> [tick] Automatically adjust clock for saving changes

>

> is still ticked. At this time of the year (April to October) British

> clocks

> are put one hour forward, to GMT+1 or "British Summer Time" and usually

> Windows XP knows when that is, and normally displays the correct time, but

> suddenly no longer and my PC is displaying GMT+2!

>

> How do I alert Microsoft that windows XP has a bug and needs an update?

>

>

 

[Bob Lucas]

I am also in the UK. Both of my Win XP computers switched to BST

on the correct date. There have been no other complaints in this

newsgroup, so I doubt whether your problem has been caused by a

"bug" in Windows XP.



Microsoft sometimes use the Windows Update system, when specified

territories introduce new dates for Daylight Saving Time. I

don't think there have been any changes that affect the UK or

other European countries. However, make sure you have installed

all critical updates?



Then, I suggest you check the following settings:



Open Control Panel / Date and Time.

Click on Internet Time.

Make sure the box labelled 'Automatically synchronize with an

Internet Time Server' has been checked.

Click on Apply

Click on 'Update now'.



Does your computer synchronise OK. If so, has the Update changed

the date and/or time?



If not, you could try alternative time servers.



By default, Windows attempts to synchronise with the server at

'time.windows.com'. Access to that server sometimes becomes

congested. If you cannot synchronise with the default server at

'time.windows.com', you can enter the name of another time

server. To do so, overtype with the alternative server name -

and click on apply.



You could try the following alternative servers:



uk.pool.ntp.org

ntp2.ja.net

time.nist.gov

time-a.nist.gov









"Peter Dow" wrote in message

news:8E442F81-7FF5-4333-A2F5-A3BF695DC07D@microsoft.com...

> Suddenly today I noticed that my PC clock is wrong and running

> an hour fast

> and upon investigation it appears that the daylight saving time

> which should

> be being applied for my time zone, namely -

>

> (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time: Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London

>

> is not now being applied even though I changed nothing and the

> option

>

> [tick] Automatically adjust clock for saving changes

>

> is still ticked. At this time of the year (April to October)

> British clocks

> are put one hour forward, to GMT+1 or "British Summer Time" and

> usually

> Windows XP knows when that is, and normally displays the

> correct time, but

> suddenly no longer and my PC is displaying GMT+2!

>

> How do I alert Microsoft that windows XP has a bug and needs an

> update?

>

>

 

[Peter Dow]

Why suddenly is British daylight saving time not being applied

Thanks that did it. Somehow my PC time had got out of synchronization with

internet time.



I hadn't tried an "Update Now" because I had assumed the



[tick] Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server



option my PC has always been set at would take care of synchronizing

automatically. Silly me. lol









"Bob Lucas" wrote:



> I am also in the UK. Both of my Win XP computers switched to BST

> on the correct date. There have been no other complaints in this

> newsgroup, so I doubt whether your problem has been caused by a

> "bug" in Windows XP.

>

> Microsoft sometimes use the Windows Update system, when specified

> territories introduce new dates for Daylight Saving Time. I

> don't think there have been any changes that affect the UK or

> other European countries. However, make sure you have installed

> all critical updates?

>

> Then, I suggest you check the following settings:

>

> Open Control Panel / Date and Time.

> Click on Internet Time.

> Make sure the box labelled 'Automatically synchronize with an

> Internet Time Server' has been checked.

> Click on Apply

> Click on 'Update now'.

>

> Does your computer synchronise OK. If so, has the Update changed

> the date and/or time?

>

> If not, you could try alternative time servers.

>

> By default, Windows attempts to synchronise with the server at

> 'time.windows.com'. Access to that server sometimes becomes

> congested. If you cannot synchronise with the default server at

> 'time.windows.com', you can enter the name of another time

> server. To do so, overtype with the alternative server name -

> and click on apply.

>

> You could try the following alternative servers:

>

> uk.pool.ntp.org

> ntp2.ja.net

> time.nist.gov

> time-a.nist.gov

>

>

>

>

> "Peter Dow" wrote in message

> news:8E442F81-7FF5-4333-A2F5-A3BF695DC07D@microsoft.com...

> > Suddenly today I noticed that my PC clock is wrong and running

> > an hour fast

> > and upon investigation it appears that the daylight saving time

> > which should

> > be being applied for my time zone, namely -

> >

> > (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time: Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London

> >

> > is not now being applied even though I changed nothing and the

> > option

> >

> > [tick] Automatically adjust clock for saving changes

> >

> > is still ticked. At this time of the year (April to October)

> > British clocks

> > are put one hour forward, to GMT+1 or "British Summer Time" and

> > usually

> > Windows XP knows when that is, and normally displays the

> > correct time, but

> > suddenly no longer and my PC is displaying GMT+2!

> >

> > How do I alert Microsoft that windows XP has a bug and needs an

> > update?

> >

> >

> .

>

 

[Bob Lucas]

Why suddenly is British daylight saving time not being applied

The 'Automatically synchronize' with an Internet time server

SHOULD keep your computer's clock up to date.



Unfortunately, the server at 'time.windows.com' is often

unavailable. If Windows fails to connect to the server, it will

try again after 24 hours. At subsequent attempts, the server

might still be unavailable (or you might not be connected to the

Internet). Consequently, automatic synchronization can fail

repeatedly. That is why I have specified a different time

server.





"Peter Dow" wrote in message

news:E759666E-3E03-4C12-AC7A-0A09C1B6B819@microsoft.com...

> Thanks that did it. Somehow my PC time had got out of

> synchronization with

> internet time.

>

> I hadn't tried an "Update Now" because I had assumed the

>

> [tick] Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server

>

> option my PC has always been set at would take care of

> synchronizing

> automatically. Silly me. lol

>

>

>

>

> "Bob Lucas" wrote:

>

>> I am also in the UK. Both of my Win XP computers switched to

>> BST

>> on the correct date. There have been no other complaints in

>> this

>> newsgroup, so I doubt whether your problem has been caused by

>> a

>> "bug" in Windows XP.

>>

>> Microsoft sometimes use the Windows Update system, when

>> specified

>> territories introduce new dates for Daylight Saving Time. I

>> don't think there have been any changes that affect the UK or

>> other European countries. However, make sure you have

>> installed

>> all critical updates?

>>

>> Then, I suggest you check the following settings:

>>

>> Open Control Panel / Date and Time.

>> Click on Internet Time.

>> Make sure the box labelled 'Automatically synchronize with an

>> Internet Time Server' has been checked.

>> Click on Apply

>> Click on 'Update now'.

>>

>> Does your computer synchronise OK. If so, has the Update

>> changed

>> the date and/or time?

>>

>> If not, you could try alternative time servers.

>>

>> By default, Windows attempts to synchronise with the server at

>> 'time.windows.com'. Access to that server sometimes becomes

>> congested. If you cannot synchronise with the default server

>> at

>> 'time.windows.com', you can enter the name of another time

>> server. To do so, overtype with the alternative server name -

>> and click on apply.

>>

>> You could try the following alternative servers:

>>

>> uk.pool.ntp.org

>> ntp2.ja.net

>> time.nist.gov

>> time-a.nist.gov

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> "Peter Dow" wrote in

>> message

>> news:8E442F81-7FF5-4333-A2F5-A3BF695DC07D@microsoft.com...

>> > Suddenly today I noticed that my PC clock is wrong and

>> > running

>> > an hour fast

>> > and upon investigation it appears that the daylight saving

>> > time

>> > which should

>> > be being applied for my time zone, namely -

>> >

>> > (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time: Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London

>> >

>> > is not now being applied even though I changed nothing and

>> > the

>> > option

>> >

>> > [tick] Automatically adjust clock for saving changes

>> >

>> > is still ticked. At this time of the year (April to October)

>> > British clocks

>> > are put one hour forward, to GMT+1 or "British Summer Time"

>> > and

>> > usually

>> > Windows XP knows when that is, and normally displays the

>> > correct time, but

>> > suddenly no longer and my PC is displaying GMT+2!

>> >

>> > How do I alert Microsoft that windows XP has a bug and needs

>> > an

>> > update?

>> >

>> >

>> .

>>