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If the time on your Windows Live Hotmail messages is wrong by hours, it's likely that you have the wrong time zone selected. We'll fix that.
The time on my outgoing mail is wrong and I can't find the time zone setting after the latest round of Windows Live Hotmail changes. Where do I change it?
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The location of the time zone setting has moved, again.
I'll walk you through resetting it.
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Like many of these settings, once you've logged in, click the Options link:
Then, click the More Options item:
On the resulting page, under Managing your account, click Account details (password, aliases, time zone):
On the Country/region line, click Change:
Using the Time zone selector, select your correct time zone:
Make sure that it's set correctly to ensure that Windows Live Hotmail places the correct time on your outgoing mails.
Click Save.
This actually changes the time zone association with your Windows Live account. In addition to Hotmail, all Windows Live online services that might care about time zone will be updated as well.
(This is an update to an article originally published January 22, 2009.)
Article C3631 - May 7, 2011
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I changed the time zone in the settings and suggested, and I just sent a trial email to myself, yet the time zone is still showing the old time, not my updated time. Is there anything else I must do?
Posted by: Will at October 30, 2011 4:47 AM@Will
Posted by: Connie at October 30, 2011 9:39 AMPerhaps it's the time setting on the computer itself causing the problem. Here's another article that may help:
Why is the time on my email wrong?.
NO the time setting on the laptop is current. It's so strange, both time zones are for my location, yet when I receive emails it still gives me the time from my old location. Any other suggestions? Got me baffled.
Posted by: Will at October 30, 2011 12:50 PMI appreciate your steps Leo, and my time zone was wrong on Hotmail, but after I set everything to the right time zone, I tested an email and it still shows it 7 hours off. I sent an email to myself at 9:30PM and it shows 2:30AM (same day). Does anyone know of any other fixes. This is very frustrating. Thank you
Posted by: Robbi at January 14, 2012 6:54 PMThank you - it took 20 seconds!
Posted by: M at February 3, 2012 8:09 AM