{"id":13344,"date":"2018-11-20T03:32:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T03:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=13344"},"modified":"2018-11-20T03:32:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T03:32:08","slug":"change-time-zone-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/change-time-zone-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Ways to Change Time Zone in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If your computer shows the wrong time, it&#8217;s probably because Windows fails to update the time zone based on your physical location, especially when you&#8217;re traveling overseas. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you 4 simple ways to change time zone in Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Change Time Zone in Windows 10 from Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-pc-settings-in-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the Settings app<\/a> and go to the &#8220;<strong>Time &amp; Language<\/strong>&#8221; section.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/time-and-language.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"437\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select <strong>Date &amp; time<\/strong> in the left-hand menu. Make sure the &#8220;<strong>Set time zone automatically<\/strong>&#8221; is turned off, so you can then click the &#8220;<strong>Time zone<\/strong>&#8221; drop-down menu to set the correct time zone for your location.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/set-time-zone-in-settings-app.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"496\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13351\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Change Time Zone in Windows 10 from Control Panel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/9-ways-to-open-control-panel-in-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the Control Panel<\/a> in Large icons view, and click on <strong>Date and Time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/date-and-time.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"559\" height=\"287\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13352\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click on the <strong>Change time zone<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/change-time-zone.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"483\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13353\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the Time Zone Settings window, you can adjust the time zone based on your physical location. Click <strong>OK<\/strong> to save your changes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/time-zone-settings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"255\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13354\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 3: Change Time Zone in Windows 10 from Command Prompt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/open-elevated-command-prompt-from-standard-user-in-windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open an elevated Command Prompt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/run-cmd-as-administrator-from-search.png\" width=\"393\" height=\"463\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To view the current time zone, type <strong>tzutil \/G<\/strong> and press Enter. If you want to find out the list of all available time zones, type <strong>tzutil \/L<\/strong> instead.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/view-current-time-zone-via-cmd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"364\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13355\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To set a new time zone, execute the command:<br \/>\n<code>tzutil \/S \"time_zone_name\"<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/set-time-zone-from-command-prompt.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"593\" height=\"138\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13356\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 4: Change Time Zone in Windows 10 from PowerShell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/5-ways-to-run-powershell-as-administrator-in-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Windows PowerShell as administrator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/windows-powershell-admin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"613\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9511\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can find out your current time zone by executing the <strong>Get-TimeZone<\/strong> command. To list all available time zones, run this command: <strong>Get-TimeZone -ListAvailable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/see-current-time-zone-in-windows-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"390\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13357\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In order to change the time zone, execute the command:<br \/>\n<code>Set-TimeZone -Name \"time_zone_name\"<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/change-time-zone-from-windows-powershell.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"116\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13358\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your computer shows the wrong time, it&#8217;s probably because Windows fails to update the time zone based on your physical location, especially when you&#8217;re traveling overseas. 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