Oct 18, 2011

Time service commands

Config a manual time source
w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:peers /syncfromflags:manual /update 
Replace "peers" with a list of time servers, delimited by space, enclosed with double quotes.
Ignore KBs that maually set registry entries
Config a manual time source as the top time source in forest
w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:peers /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update

Detect time difference
w32tm /stripchart /computer:TimeServerName /samples:n /dataonly
Set server to use domain hierarchy
w32tm /config /syncfromflags:domhier /update

After change time settings, it's normally required to restart time service
If there is time difference, it takes time for the  system to bring the difference down depending on how much correct can be made in one step. The change is gradual.