[ntp:questions] Window XP - ntp / GMT not working
David J Taylor
david-taylor at blueyonder.not-this-part.nor-this.co.uk.invalid
Wed May 6 09:31:39 UTC 2009
randy wilson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This has to have been solved somewhere but apparently
> my searchfu is not working well.
>
> I have some windows xp computers which we are syncing
> to a time server via ntp. I can see the time server
> has the correct UTC time on it and the the PCs are
> syncing to the server. I have the time zones set to
> GMT on all the PC. The problem is the time is off by
> an hour on all the PCs and I can't figure out why.
>
> Any pointers would be appreciated. I would really like
> to just set the PC clocks to UTC but it does not appear
> XP has that as an option but GMT should be equivalent
> I thought.
>
>
> thx
>
> Randy
Randy,
Windows, like UNIX, works in UTC internally, as does NTP. There is no
need to adjust anything for NTP. Programs can read the UTC time if they
wish, and use UTC if they need.
Windows displays the time you choose in the Control Panel, Regional
settings. If you want UTC displayed, just choose a time-zone without any
summer-time adjustment, for example:
(GMT) Monrovia, Reykjavik
If you have the PCs set to:
(GMT) London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon
then during the summer, they will display one hour ahead of UTC, just as
wall-clocks would.
Cheers,
David
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