use PowerShell to reset the system clock

Linux, Microsoft, PowerShell, Software tools, Windows 1 Minute

I have a dual boot Windows 10 Pro/Ubuntu 18 laptop. Every time I reboot from Ubuntu to Windows, Windows sets my system clock ahead by  8 hours and says it is California time.

I am a Windows Insider, and I complained about this bug for several years with no results. I guessed that Windows PowerShell would be able to control the clock. A Google search gave me a link to a detailed description of the Set-Date command: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/set-date?view=powershell-6

An example showed exactly how to adjust the system clock. Execute PowerShell in administrative mode:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> set-date  -adjust  -8:0:0
Saturday, March 16, 2019 1:39:17 AM
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>
This magic one-liner saves me a lot of time.

Published by Dr. Richard H. McCullough

I’m an Army Brat. Our family moved to a new army base about once per year. I learned a lot from traveling — all 50 states, Canada, Mexico, Europe. I majored in Electrical Engineering at MIT and NYU. I worked for AT&T Bell Labs as electronics engineer, supervisor, software engineer. After retiring and surviving two wives, I started Context Knowledge Systems. The focus of CKS is free open source software and context knowledge.

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