Issue:

Setup time zone in Windows to enable overall performance and settings, in this blog you will learn how to setup Time zone in windows.

Although Windows 10 does a decent job of identifying and establishing time zone settings according to your region during installation, there could be a variety of reasons why your device isn’t showing the right local time.

It could be because your settings weren’t recognized correctly, you’re traveling to a new place with a different time zone, or you bought a gadget preconfigured with different settings from another country. Whatever the reason for your computer’s inability to display the right local time, Windows 10 has a number of choices for changing the time zone, including the Settings interface, Command Prompt, and PowerShell.

Environment: 

Time Zone

Solution:

1.Using Settings

1. Open Settings.
2. Go to Time & Language.
3. Select Date & time.
4. Switch on the Set time zone automatically.

Once you’ve completed these steps, the time zone will automatically change to your current location. However, you may have to wait a while before seeing the accurate time.

  Adjust time zone manually using Settings

To change the time zone settings manually on Windows 10, follow these steps:

1. Open Settings.
2. Click on Time & Language.
3. Click on Date & time.
4. Turn off Set time zone automatically.
5. Go to the “Time zone” drop-down menu and choose India Standard Time.

  2. Using Command Prompt

1. Click on Start.
2. Look for Command Prompt, right-click and click on Run as administrator option.
3. Type this to confirm the current time zone and press Enter:
   tzutil /g
4. Type this and note the time zone that you want (IST) and hit Enter:
   tzutil /l

1. Type the following command and press Enter to set:
   tzutil /s “India Standard Time”

1. Type the following command to check if the time zone was updated successfully:
   tzutil /g

  3. Using PowerShell

1. Go to Start.
2. Search for PowerShell, right-click and Run as administrator.
3. Type this to confirm the current time zone:
   Get-TimeZone
4. Type the following command and note the time zone that you want to use:
   Get-TimeZone -ListAvailable

1. Type the following command to set the new time zone:
   Set-TimeZone -Name “India Standard Time”.

1. 
   Note: Type the full name exactly as shown by PowerShell.
2. Type this to make sure the time zone was updated successfully:
   Get-TimeZone

Conclusion:

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