Re: Clock ALWAYS an hour behind on startup
From: Dennis Lazo (email_at_dennislazo.com)
Date: 09/14/04
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 23:45:53 +0800
bruce,
GMT means greenwich mean time. it is the start and end of the clock. the
numbers indicating after GMT (or sometimes UTC) indicate the number of hours
and minutes ahead or later to GMT, and that is indicated by the plus or
minus sign.
i hope this helps a bit.
regards,
dennis
"Bruce" <Bruce@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E17F72C3-AEED-4333-B2B7-1CF3D48FB210@microsoft.com...
> Thank You very much RC:
>
> But it seems that I accidently did do it right, and I had it set to just
> what you said I should have it set to: -- (GMT -05:00) Eastern Time (USA &
> Canada)
> BUT...
> I didn't have that little box checked at the bottom for daylight saving
> time, I must have missed it or something.
>
> but then again you stated that by looking at my post it was set at the
> wrong
> time. How can that be if I've had it set at (see above)?
>
> What is GMT anyway? and what is -05:00?
>
> I'm getting the feeling that what I have it set at, and what it thinks
> it's
> set at are 2 different things? is that possible?
>
> "R. C. White" wrote:
>
>> Hi, Bruce.
>>
>> Your post had this time stamp:
>> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:27:06 -0700
>>
>> That -0700 indicates that you have not changed your time zone from the
>> Pacific (USA) Time Zone, where all retail copies of Windows are set by
>> default; that is the setting for Microsoft's home office in Redmond,
>> Washington. It is normally -0800 except during Daylight Saving Time in
>> the
>> US, when it shifts to -0700.
>>
>> Double-click the clock in the lower right corner of your Desktop. When
>> the
>> Date and Time Properties window pops up, note the 3 tabs: Date & Time;
>> Time
>> Zone; Internet Time. Click Time Zone. Click the bar and scroll down to
>> (GMT -05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada); click this and be sure it
>> registers
>> as the setting for you. Then also be sure to check the box at the bottom
>> of
>> this window that says to Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving
>> changes. Your next post should register as -0400.
>>
>> If that doesn't do it, post back with details of what you did and what
>> you
>> saw.
>>
>> RC
>> --
>> R. C. White, CPA
>> San Marcos, TX
>> rc@corridor.net
>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>>
>> "Bruce" <Bruce@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:49181EC7-10B2-4780-9AAE-B506D8EE2F50@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi:
>> >
>> > No matter how many times I reset the clock in my Win XP Pro, by
>> > double
>> > clicking on the time in the lower right hand corner, every time I start
>> > up
>> > my
>> > computer, after shuting it off, it's AlWAYS again, one hour behind what
>> > it
>> > should be, and what I set it at previously.
>> >
>> > Why?
>> > What can I do to finally make my clock keep the proper time? I don't
>> > see
>> > anything for setting the time that asks for Eastern Standard Time (EST)
>> > (New
>> > York etc..) I don't understand thier way of time keeping in the part
>> > where
>> > it
>> > asks for your time zone. What should I pick?
>> > --
>> > Question authority, don't follow paths/trends, be yourself, be
>> > different,
>> > lifes to short to always worry about what other "people" think about
>> > you.
>> > In
>> > 200 years what difference will it all make anyway
>>
>>
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