Internet date and time

Cool Info: According to Microsoft’s official statement, the W32Time service was not designed to meet the needs of the time-sensitive applications before Windows ServerĪpart from Windows time service (), you can also use any one of the time servers, maintained by the NIST, to get the accurate time and date. However, keep in mind that you’d require administrator access to change settings. You could then change the time manually by clicking on change date and time settings.

However, sometimes, the system clock doesn’t show the accurate time and faces issues while syncing with the network time protocol or NTP servers. If your computer is connected with the Internet, it automatically synchronizes the local computer time with the Windows time service. The Windows clock, as you know, is at the bottom right of your desktop and pops up time and date information when you right-click on it.