Windows 10: "Set time zone automatically" sets to the wrong time zone, and swaps throughout the day

I do not have a VPN installed.I am in CST Central Standard Time, however when I enable the "set time zone automatically" option, it sets the time to EST Eastern Standard Time. And if I leave the option enabled long enough, throughout the day it will keep swapping between EST and CST. I have set my Default Location on the device correctly and that has not fixed the issue. My computers IP address has the correct location, so that isn't the issue. I do not live near the time zone border, so that is not the issue either. What could be causing this?

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Set Time Zone Automatically

Your suggestion, while good, did not correct my problem. What it did do was lead me to the answer, thank you.

Seems that the default location set for my computer was blank. When time zone was set to automatic, Windows didn't know where I was and probably reverted to the last entry in the zone list, Moscow. I re-entered my proper location, set the zone to Auto and
everything was good to go.

 

Fluctuating Time Zone Setting

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Apologize for the inconvenience caused to you.

I would suggest you to check if the values for “set time automatically” and “set time zone automatically” under Date and Time settings are “ON”. If not, then suggest you to make the vale to “ON” and check for the status.

If the issue still persists, follow the steps provided below:

• Press Windows key + R, type services.msc and press Enter.
• Locate Windows Time from the list and double click on the service.
• In Genereal tab, set the Startup type to Automatic.
• Click on Apply and OK.

Hope the information is helpful. Feel free to write to us for any other assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

Set Time Zone Automatically

FWIW, setting my time zone to Automatic puts me in the Pacific time zone and I'm on the east coast. I had to set my time zone manually. I had the same problem with Windows 8.1, which also preferred PST. (Both were clean installs.)

It's probably something I'm not doing right, however, setting the time zone manually works well and doesn't give me any trouble, so I stopped thinking about it.