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.

 

[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]

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

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

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]

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.

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

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




message

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?

.