Gmail – Displaying Wrong Timezone

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I reinstalled Windows 10. Windows 10 has the correct time zone. However, Gmail is 2 hours ahead of me (+10 GMT), while I am in +8 GMT.

I checked this Q/A and found no current answers.

I see the wrong time on the right hand side of each email in my inbox. For instance, at 18:00 my time, if I see a new email, it will display 20:00.

Email I send has an email header: Delivery-date: Mon, 16 May 2016 20:39:53 +1000.

Any current answers would be appreciated. Google doesn't really help much on this issue.

Update: I answered below that updating my Windows timezone resolve this issue, but in the time since, the original symptom has re-emerged, for an unknown reason. i.e Local Windows timezone is +8GMT, Google Calendar timezone is +8GMT, but gmail emails in my inbox at 13:00 (+8GMT) my time are displaying as 15:00 in gmail.

Update2: Windows time, although reset to +8GMT, was still 2 hours behind, despite my PC connecting to the Internet for the correct time. Manually setting my time to the correct time resolve the Gmail issue.

Best Answer

I missed something basic.

My Windows timezone was set incorrectly @ +10GMT.

Changing it to +8GMT and then adjusting the time in Windows resolved the Gmail issue.

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