efficient way of changing system date

[m_essaid]

Hi,

I musn't be the only one who need to change its system datetime while executing tests...

I tried two ways, this one :

net time /set /yes

and this one :

w32tm /resync

with the command line, but both don't work 100% of the time.

Does anyone has any workaround ?

Thank you

[BenoitB]

Stop the W32Time service before changing date/time because unless that the time will be resync automatically after short time.

You can stop it using cmd in administrator mode with NET STOP W32Time /YES

To change machine date/time use DATE and TIME in cmd

If not working with NET STOP you can use SC object.

[Wamboo]

Hi,

What OS are You using?

Take a look at this article, maybe this can help You?

https://www.wikihow.com/Change-the-Computer-Time-and-Date-Using-the-Command-Prompt

inside cms console, You can use a command like: "HH:MM:SS AM/PM" or the similar one for date-time. On windows ofc.

[tristaanogre · Accepted solution]

We've actually been successful using aqDateTime.SetSystemDateTime.

https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/program-objects/aqdatetime/setsystemdateti...

It requires TestComplete/TestExecute to be run with admin privileges and, as noted above, you might want to stop any network time synchronization to make sure you can preserve your expected time.

[m_essaid]

Hi all,

Seems to be the cleanest way to resolve my problem ! Thank you !

I'm on windows 10.

I already have a clue for preventing the PC resetting the date. For this key :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters

I set "Type" to "NoSync".

Thus the domain controller leave my machine alone.

[m_essaid]

How do you get back to current time Robert ?

[tristaanogre]

What we did is, before we changed the time, we captured the current date and time (using the "Get" method) and stored it in a variable.  Then, we just used that as part of the next "Set" statement to restore.