Date and time keep resetting!?! :(

[OrlandoTragic]

Every time I have to shut down my system, the clock on my machine gets reset to +4 hours from EST.

wtf is going on here?
it does it on my windows partition too, so I'm thinking it has to be a hardware issue.

 

[yagran]

sounds to me like your bios (ROM) battery is dead! phone applecare asap! eeek

 

[Eidorian]

It's a software issue.

AppleTime is a service on the Windows side the corrects the time. It should run at startup in Windows. When you boot back into OS X, even though I have NTP enabled, I still have my time offset by hours.

Hey it worked in Boot Camp 1.1.2.

 

[OrlandoTragic]

Could it have anything to do with the fact that I have Vista and Mac OS dual booted?

 

[hdsalinas]

it happens to me too with windows. Anytime i boot back to the Mac OS from XP it messes my time up. I have not been able to find a solution.

 

[Eidorian]

Could it have anything to do with the fact that I have Vista and Mac OS dual booted?

I just said yes...

Even with NTP turned on OS X doesn't adjust the time.

 

[OrlandoTragic]

I find this to be very concerning.

My computer's time is no longer in sync.
Normally its down to the second.

Is there any way I can get around this? Its really ridiculous.

 

[Eidorian]

I find this to be very concerning.

My computer's time is no longer in sync.
Normally its down to the second.

Is there any way I can get around this? Its really ridiculous.

Turn on Internet Time in the Date & Time preference pane. You'll have to unlock the panel for it to sync. I don't why it just did it fine until a few weeks ago.