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Technical analysis demonstrates the root causes of timestamp drift across networked systems, highlighting methods to achieve high-accuracy logging.
Why do timestamps drift between a device and a PC? This article explains it from the mechanics of the Windows Time service (w32time): the default behavior in domain hierarchies and workgroups, diagnosis with the w32tm commands, the caveats around high-accuracy time and virtual machines, and log design that combines Stopwatch with UTC. Archived version of https://comcomponent.com/en/blog/windows-time-sync-w32time-guide/, as published on 2026-09-03. The live article is maintained and may change after this date. First published 2026-07-24.
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