My current time in Windows7 is set to UTC +8 (Kuala Lumper). For some reason, the time is always 8 hours ahead. Curiously though, my applications seem to be using the 'right time' that is it is not 8 hours ahead. For example, the local time now is 12pm, windows time is reporting 8pm. If I send an email to myself via outlook, the time shown is 12pm. So only the windows time is off kilter.
I can fix this by syncing the time with the Internet Time Servers but it jumps back to the wrong time every few hours.
I have been having this problem since I dual booted my win7 with linux ubuntu if it helps.
Best Answer
By default, Windows assumes your hardware clock is set to your local time, while Ubuntu assumes your hardware clock is set to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
You can either configure Windows to use UTC, or configure Ubuntu to use your local time, as Ubuntu's documentation explains: