How to Change Date and Time in Windows 11

Sep. 1, 2021

Windows 11 brings many forward-looking changes over its predecessor, and it includes a revamped UI,native Android app support, a redesigned Start Menu and Settings app, and more. However, users seem to be struggling with the new UI and design elements, with many of them asking how to change the date and time in Microsoft’s new OS. If that’s why you are here, rest assured, we have got you covered. In this article, we will show how to change the date and time settings in Windows 11.

We have already covered the Windows 11 release in great detail, including itsmyriad of new features,differences with Windows 10, and how tocustomize the Start Menu and taskbaron your PC. Today’s guide is a bit more elementary, insofar as everyone using a Windows 11 machine will need to change the date and time setting at some stage. So without further ado, let’s learn how you can change the date and time in Windows 11.

With Windows 10, Microsoft introduced a new way to change date and time through the Settings menu, and the method is also available in Windows 11. However, you can also the change date and time in Windows 11 the old-fashioned way – how it used to be in Windows 7/8/8.1 and earlier versions of the OS. We will demonstrate all the methods in this article. We will also show you how to change the date and time formatting in Windows 11.

Changing the date and time through Settings is probably the easiest way to do that in Windows 11. Here’s how:

Note:You can also access the same date and time adjustment option from Settings (Windows key + I) -> Time and Language -> Date and Time.

That’s it. You have successfully changed the date and time settings on your Windows 11 PC.

Alongside the actual date and time, you can also change the date and time format from the Settings panel in Windows 11. Here’s how it works:

Changing the date and time of your PC through the Control Panel is an age-old option in Windows. It is still available in Windows 11, and here’s how you use it:

Before Windows 10, the Settings option was not available in Windows, so pretty much every setting had to be changed through the Control Panel. So, of course, you can also change the date and time format using this method. Here’s how:

One little-known method of changing the date and time in Windows is through PowerShell. It’s not as intuitive as the methods described above, but we feel you should still know how to do that nonetheless. So here’s how you can change the data and time on your Windows 11 PC using Windows PowerShell:

Note: Whether you should use dd/mm/yyyy or mm/dd/yyyy will depend on the format you have already set via Settings or Control Panel.

The final option on our list is the good old Command Prompt. You can use the command line tool to change the date and time in Windows 11. Here’s what the process looks like:

To sync the date and time on your Windows 11 PC with Microsoft’s global servers, follow the steps below:

Note: If you want to set the time manually, turn off the check-box next to ‘Synchronize with an internet time server‘ and hit ‘OK‘ to save your setting (see screenshot above).

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You can follow the steps in this tutorial to change the time and date settings in Windows 11 with ease. So go ahead, fix the date and time on your computer, and let us know if you find the methods intuitive enough. Or, do you think Microsoft should make it easier to change the clock settings in the next version of Windows? While you are at it, check out some of our other Windows 11 tutorials, including how tochange power mode settings in Windows 11andchange administrator in Windows 11.

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