Time zone locked, and options to change are permanently greyed out.

Anonymous
2023-03-24T16:34:12+00:00

My computer just locked my timezone to Arizona, and absolutely will not allow me to change it. It's causing havoc on alot of my apps that rely on my clock to function, and manually changing the time only seems to change the clock in the corner not the time that all my apps depend on.

I have tried scanning the computer for corrupted files as per a separate post I managed to dig up, but it found nothing to fix. With the clean boot I couldn't figure out what was doing it because it was still grayed out and set to Arizona as soon as it booted.

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Anonymous
2023-10-07T19:45:01+00:00

I had this same issue, but found a workaround (At least a temporary one)

Right click the date/time toolbar in the bottom right corner, then click "Adjust date/time" from the menu.

In that menu, scroll down to "related settings" and click "Add clocks for different time zones"
This SHOULD bring up a classic windows menu. Click the far left tab for "Date and Time" and select your time zone there. Click "Okay" and then "Apply" and you should be good to go.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-01-13T03:09:39+00:00

    Thank you so much!

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-06T09:55:14+00:00

    I had the same issue on a client's machine and found the workaround for it.

    • Right-click on the time in the taskbar and select 'Adjust date and time'
    • Select 'Additional clocks'
    • Select the 'Date and Time' tab at the top
    • Select 'Change time zone'

    This is what worked for me.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-12-18T04:41:17+00:00

    I tried everything described below and it still wouldn't change. However, I fixed it using PowerShell commands.

    Step 1

    Open PowerShell as Administrator

    Step 2

    Run the command

    Get-TimeZone -ListAvailable

    This will list all the available timezones and their names

    Step 3

    Identify the name of your timezone, e.g. "South Africa Standard Time", then run the following command to set the timezone

    Set-TimeZone -Name [Name of your Timezone]

    Be sure to check if you have administrator privileges. Otherwise, you can contact your IT administrator if need be.

    I hope this helps

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-12-14T13:52:29+00:00

    I found an even easier way. Go to Settings-> Time & Language -> Region, then click on "Additional date, time & regional settings" on the right and then Change time zone under "Date and Time".

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