PROBLEM

The time is incorrect on software. it does not match up with the Greenwich Mean Time online.


CAUSE

Settings have changed on the server or for whatever reason is is not synchronised to a time server.


SOLUTION

In command prompt on the domain controller ...

  1. Check the time on the computer net time 
  2. Check the online time  w32tm /stripchart /computer:time.windows.com /dataonly 
  3. configure our server to use a certain global time provider: time.windows.com w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:time.windows.com /syncfromflags:MANUAL 
  4. Update the time  w32tm /config /update 
  5. immediately synchronize the time  w32tm /resync 
  6. Now compare accuracy of the time  w32tm /stripchart /computer:time.windows.com /dataonly 
  7. On a domain controller  net time \\NETTIMESERVER.DOMAIN.com /set /y 

This command should return the message “The command completed successfully.”

Our time on our PC is now synced with the domain controller, and the domain controller is now synced with time.windows.com.