▷ Change time and date in windows 10

Change date and time in Windows 10

Change time in Windows 10 by choosing time zone

To do this, the easiest thing is to go to the right area of the Windows taskbar and right-click on the time. In the options menu, choose " Set date and time "

If we press a window will appear where we can configure these parameters

The first thing we will have to do is configure our time zone so that the system automatically configures the correct time. To do this, we go to the “ Time zone ” section and display the list

Here we must choose the region where each of us is. In Spain it will be " UTC + 1: 00 ". We can also be guided by the names of the cities that appear next.

If we do not know what our time zone is, we can visit this page. If we enter the place where we live, it will automatically identify which one to select.

Doing this, we will automatically change the time correctly.

Change date and time manually

To do this, the first thing we must do is disable the option in the previous window of " Set time automatically "

Now we will activate a button below " Change ". If we click on it, a window will appear to modify both the time and the date as desired.

If we click on " Set time automatically " again the normal and current time will be placed.

Configure network time server in Windows 10

Windows 10, like previous versions, gets the time from an internet time server. To configure this and be able to change it we will do the following:

Located in the previous configuration screen, we click on the option “additional options for date, time and regional configuration” In the new window that appears we click on “Date and time”. Through this window we can do the above actions as well.

In the new window we must go to the tab " Internet time "

Click on " Change settings " In this new window we can select one of the two servers that provide the system with the time.

We can also disable this option to choose the time we want. This is the same as we did previously in the configuration window.

Add a new time server in Windows 10

We can also add a time server ourselves to obtain the time from our own country or another, we will do the following:

The first thing we must do is locate a server of our liking. If we do not have any located, we go to the ntp.org page and on the right side we can select our region to see what servers we have available. When we access the country in question, we will have to look at the top, in the list of the addresses to be taken. We must take one of the addresses shown to us. We should only take the characters that come after "serverX."

Now we must go to the window of the previous section of the time server configuration and in the text box paste this address. Then click on " Update time " and it will remain fixed in the list.

Add or remove server from registry

Once this is done, we must open the registry editor. Press the key combination " Windows + R " to open run. Now type " regedit " and press Enter.

To know more about regedit and what it means to modify the registry, enter the following tutorial:

We will have to enter the following address:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ DateTime \ Servers Now in the area to the right of the editor, right-click and choose "new" and "string value"

We name it " 3 " By double-clicking on it, we enter the server address in the window that appears. We accept and close the registry

If we now go to the time server configuration window, we will have this server available to give us the time. We must select it and choose " Update now"

To delete one of the time servers we will delete the corresponding value key in the registry.

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