Windows Server 2012 R2 System Time cannot be changed

  1. Disable Windows Time service ,a and set it to Manual enter image description here

  2. Disable Hyper-v Time Sync service , and set it to Manual enter image description here

  3. Make sure “Sync with Internet time ” option is unchecked. enter image description here

  4. After finishing the above 3 steps, you can change the system time and monitor


Try these steps fixing time error on serve 2012 setting time either backwards or forward by hours.

Open MSServer 2012

Windows + run to open

Type in Regedit

Or if open with admin rigths open the Apps > search tab, then click type in regedit, open as admin.

If prompted by the UAC click yes

Go to HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENT CONTROL SET\CONTROL\TIMEZONE INFORMATION.

Go to Active time bias - set value to 0

Go to bias set value to 0

Time zone key type/modif value to area

Make sure the daylight name responds to area e.g @tzres ; -411 ; Standard name is @tres.dll; -412

Close/restart server

opne cmd with admin rigths

run w32tm/tz utility to verify time bias. & date name

To disable daylight go to disable auto daylight

to disable auto daylight, open set value to 1.

Use nettime utility as below to align all domain computers to to the server as below.

open cmd with admin rights then type in the below

nettime/set/y