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Make Windows 7+ use UTC Real-time-clock
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| Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 | |
| [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation] | |
| "RealTimeIsUniversal"=dword:00000001 |
After doing one of these, reboot, and make sure that the RTC is set correctly from the BIOS/UEFI firmware
Here's a command prompt one-liner for the same effect:
reg add HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation /t REG_DWORD /v RealTimeIsUniversal /d 1
Just a note that you cannot run sc config w32time within a Powershell prompt, it needs to be the true Command Prompt. Alternatively, you can use Invoke-Command to run sc.exe within Powershell.
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In Linux (systemd), you can also set/disable local time in the RTC. Perhaps you want to leave Windows alone and tweak Linux instead? But UTC is recommended if you can:
sudo timedatectl set-local-rtc 1(enables. 0 disables).