Set timezone based on current location not working in Mac OS Catalina after windows10 installation with bootcamp, why?

Hello, this is Stephen. I have a question, I installed windows10 with bootcamp assistant, and after setting up windows, I booted back into mac oS and noticed that the clock was off by an hour. I went into date and time in system preferences and clicked on timezone, and I noticed that the timezone was set on Pacific standard time, I'm in mountain time. I also noticed that the, set timezone based on current location feature wasn't setting the timezone back to Mountain time, this problem started when I installed windows10, something must have went wrong during the installation and setup. I have tried everything from resetting the PRAM and SMC to reformatting and reinstalling the operating system, and it still doesn't work. Anyone know how to fix this problem? I called Apple support and they weren't able to figure it out and have escalated my case to the engineers, I have also noticed that internet recovery won't load either, I had to reinstall mac oS with a bootible installer usb drive because internet recovery wasn't working. I checked that my internet connection was working, nothing wrong their. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance. Macbook air, 2017, Mac oS Catalina, 10.15.2

MacBook Air

Posted on Jan 5, 2020 2:30 PM

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Jan 9, 2020 8:55 PM in response to Loner T

no, the computer thinks I am in Pacific time, it’s not changing the time zone based on my location the way it should, the clock on my computer is an hour off. Just tried re-formatting and resetting the parameter ram and the SMC, still nothing, so either there is a hardware problem or there is a problem with my network connection. But like I said yesterday I have set up an appointment with the Apple Store.

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