How to manually change and set the time and date in Windows

It is important that the time and date of our operating system are up to date. This is more than anything else because if not, it can cause problems both when browsing the Internet and when using different applications.

You may currently experience one or the other problem when trying to access different websites with one old date, does not allow you to access it. You can also solve this problem by disabling or disabling automatic time synchronization


Many people think this means that the web is not up or offline and the truth is that it has to do with the date and time configuration of the operating system.


Therefore, we will see this simple tutorial so that you can learn in a few steps how to change the date, language and time of Windows 7 and Windows 10.

How to manually change and set the time and date in Windows

How to change the Windows time and date

In Windows 7

  • You need to press » Start »Just below the left of the operating system or the button» Windows »On the keyboard. After that you will have to go to "Control Panel".
  • Now you have to go to "Clock, language and region".
  • So go on " Date and time «.
  • In the date and time tab you will have to click on » Change date and time ". In some cases it asks you to enter the administrator password.
  • After selecting the date and time, you will have to go to the tab » Change time zone »And choose the one for your country.
  • If it is summer you will need to select the "Automatically adjust for daylight saving time" option.
  • After this press " Accept »In the windows and that's it. This way you will have the date and time changed in Windows 7.

How to manually change and set the time and date in Windows



How to set the time and date manually from Windows

On Windows 10

  • Press the »button Windows »On the physical keyboard or go to» Start »At the bottom left of the operating system screen.
  • Then you will have to click on the gear icon to access the section » Settings »Of the operating system.
  • Now we have to click on the section » Time and language «.
  • Click on " Date and time »In the left sidebar.
  • Here we have several options, we can activate the switch to automatically adjust the time and time zone which would be ideal or you can do it manually a little further by selecting the «Time zone» of your country.
  • You can also use the server at time.windows.com to synchronize the clock fully automatically. You can also show additional calendars on the taskbar by selecting the one you want just below everything in this same section.

In this same section you can configure the region and language operating system. It is important to have it configured correctly as many applications are governed by these settings for successful installation.


As you can see, it is quite easy manually change and configure the time and date in Windows 10 and Windows 7. It's a simple process that should take a few minutes. This way you can change both the time and the date in the way that suits you best. The best thing is to always leave everything automatically so that you never have problems with the Windows clock and date.


Remember that we have a large variety of tutorials on Windows and its many configurations. So you can check out our blog if you need to know more about Microsoft's operating system.

One Windows configuration that can be of great help is to program a timer to schedule your computer to shut down.

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