time 1 hour behind.. hardware or software issue?

[ranj]

I have a laptop with Windows 7, recently upgraded from vista. I have had this problem for some time and was well before I upgraded to 7. I have noticed that the clock is always exactly one hour behind. When I correct it manually it will be fine for that day, but will reset the next day.

 

Is there a hot fix that I need to apply? How do I fix this problem?

 

I initially thought it could be a battery problem, but wouldn't that just give an odd time, i struggling to understand why its always exactly 1 hour behind.

 

Just for further info, the laptop is dual booted and has ubuntu linux 8.04 and linux has the same issue so i am sure its a problem with laptop.

 

If I go into BIOS the time is incorrect in there as well.

 

Any advice would be most appreciated. I interested to hear of anyone who has had this exact problem. Its really difficult for me to change the battery on this as its a laptop and I have tried to unscrew a few screws but cannot seem to find it and will probably need a specialist to look at it. I rather not do this if I can....

[FN-GM]

Change the time in the BIOS it will be perfect then

[powdarrmonkey]

Sounds like your timezone isn't set right. At the moment, we are one hour ahead of GMT so it would make sense.

[Dos_Box]

I would check either your regional settings or for the BST options under date\time.

[somabc]

Are you dual booting? Linux likes to set the system clock to GMT. [well UTC actually]

[Michael]

Changing the time in the BIOS probably won't make any difference either. I suspect Windows is synchronising its time with a time server in accordance with your time zone. If it was the battery, the date would be completely out too.

[powdarrmonkey]

I suspect Windows is synchronising its time with a time server in accordance with your time zone.

 

Good catch, so might Ubuntu. Check its timezone with sudo dkg-reconfigure tzdata.

[ranj]

Are you dual booting? Linux likes to set the system clock to GMT. [well UTC actually]

 

Yes I am dual booting with Ubuntu Linux.

 

I have tried to run sudo dkg-reconfigure tzdata but it doesnt like the command, am I typing it wrong?

 

thanks

[powdarrmonkey]

My mistake, it should say dpkg-reconfigure.