Re: New Issue changing the date/time on SBS2003 Domain

I think you have figured out part of the problem, but why did the date change
in the first place? I have a similar problem with an SBS 2003 server that
has been running for a year or so. Twice it has arbitrarily changed the date
by one day. Today the date was changed to yesterday; from looking at event
logs it happened at around 12:01:30. There was a VSS error at 12:00:00 but
the date was ok for a minute or so after that; then suddenly changed. Does
anyone know how to prevent this from happening?

"Ehren" wrote:

> I have it figured out now....
>
> Problem was when i changed the time on the server to be correct people could
> not log in, so I just changed it about 4:30 pm yesterday and hoped no one
> logged out, over night it resynced all the clocks on the workstations and
> seems to be good. Thats what I thought would happen but wasnt sure, looks
> like it worked.
>
> "TimeTraveller" wrote:
>
> > You sure your server is in the correct Time Zone?
> >
> > Check at a command prompt with: w32tm /tz
> >
> > TT
> >
> > "Ehren" <Ehren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:269BE5C2-EFBF-4AE0-953F-0FFD72A56204@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >I previously posted a question about date/time issues on a win2003 SBS
> > >system
> > > and thought the answer provided fixed the problem but it did not. Below
> > > is
> > > the transcript of the other problem for reference. I copied it from the
> > > other thread so please read from the bottom up.
> > >
> > > After enabling the windows time service yesterday today the time was still
> > > off. If it was actually wednesday at 1:30 pm it was saying that it was
> > > thursday at 1:30 AM so it was 12 hours off.
> > >
> > > It also appears to be changing the time of all the workstation computers
> > > to
> > > match the wrong time of the server and therefore if i change the time of
> > > the
> > > server manually to be correct it will not allow workstations to login.
> > >
> > > If i run net time at the command prompt on my workstation for example it
> > > gives a time that matches that of the server which is wrong.
> > >
> > > When I type net time it says
> > >
> > > Current time at \\Nitrous is 11/17/2005 4:31 PM
> > >
> > > nitrous is the domain server name. The date and time on my computer
> > > matched
> > > that untill i just manually changed it to be correct, but in a short while
> > > it
> > > will change back to that of the server.
> > >
> > > I am lost at what to do about this and must figure it out as all the
> > > emails
> > > have an improper date stamp. Can anyone help further?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > /Ehren
> > >
> > > ======
> > > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> In news:9A19790D-4A36-4430-8A2C-7057EE719931@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> > >> Ehren <Ehren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
> > >> > There are no event log entries this afternoon in any of the logs.
> > >> > The dates in the event log are a day ahead also but that is because
> > >> > the date on the server is wrong.
> > >> >
> > >> > The windows time service for some reason or another was disabled but
> > >> > I set that to automatic now and started it. Do you think that will
> > >> > fix the problem?
> > >>
> > >> Yes.
> > >>
> > >> > If it switches the server time to the correct date
> > >> > and time will it cause the same issue?
> > >>
> > >> Now that the service is running, fix the time/date/time zone, make sure
> > >> it's
> > >> good on the server, reboot each client and see if that works. You can
> > >> also
> > >> log in to the clients as a local admin to test, as I mentioned.
> > >> >
> > >> > Also what is the command to check the time from the command prompt?
> > >>
> > >> net time
> > >>
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks!
> > >> >
> > >> > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >> In news:A9E75F97-1752-488A-887A-E65807449B07@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> > >> >> Ehren <Ehren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
> > >> >>> I have set up a SBS2003 server about a week and a half ago and it
> > >> >>> has been running for that long with computers connected to it on the
> > >> >>> domain, however I have not put the mail server live yet as I am
> > >> >>> still testing a few things and making sure everythign is alright
> > >> >>> which leads me to the problem I found today.
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> I realized that the servers date is one day ahead of where it should
> > >> >>> be. If it is 3:05 on 11/15/2005, on the server it says 3:05 on
> > >> >>> 11/16/2005. I changed the setting in the windows time/date screen
> > >> >>> (by double clicking the clock in the taskbar) then people started
> > >> >>> calling saying they could not log on if they rebooted thier
> > >> >>> computers getting the error:
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> "The system can not log you on due to the following error
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> There is a time difference between the client and server
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> Please try again or consult your administrator"
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> I saw that error on one computer and one that was simmilar but a bit
> > >> >>> different on another.
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> I have read in other posts that authentication is done via kerbos
> > >> >>> which has
> > >> >>> a 5 minute timespan oh difference it will allow. But this is what I
> > >> >>> dont understand. All of the workstations times are correct, saying
> > >> >>> it is 3:05 on 11/15/2005. The server is set to 11/16/05 and it is
> > >> >>> allowing login. However when i change the server back to the 15th
> > >> >>> as it should be it generates problems.
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> I even logged into the local computer using an administrator account
> > >> >>> that
> > >> >>> was having the problem and checked the clock on it and it was
> > >> >>> correct reading the correct time on 11/15/2005, logged back out and
> > >> >>> tried to log onto the domain and had the same issue.
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> Finally I went back in and switched the date on the server back to
> > >> >>> the 16th just to aboid problems for now untill I find out what is
> > >> >>> causing this.
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> Can anyone help? Thanks!
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Do you see any event log errors? Is the windows time service up &
> > >> >> running on the server?
> > >> >> I'd set the time correctly on the server, and then log in locally to
> > >> >> the workstations (as admin) and check to see if net time reports the
> > >> >> correct time in a command prompt.
> >
> >
> >
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