I use apple network to automatically time and date my laptop. And it differs by 3 minutes from my iphone. WHY???? I'm not intervening and changing anything manually, but apple can't seem to agree with itself. 3 minutes is a long time, long enough to make an embarrassing late entrance to a zoom call.
MacBook Pro Retina
Ok. That’s good progress.
That said, your ISP shouldn’t have any impact if you aren’t using their time server.
Open your laptop’s Date & Time Preferences by clicking on the time in the main menu bar.
Look in the “Date & Time” tab.
Verify that “Set Date & Time Automatically” is checked, and the the appropriate time.apple.com time-server for your area is selected.
Ok. That’s good progress.
That said, your ISP shouldn’t have any impact if you aren’t using their time server.
Open your laptop’s Date & Time Preferences by clicking on the time in the main menu bar.
Look in the “Date & Time” tab.
Verify that “Set Date & Time Automatically” is checked, and the the appropriate time.apple.com time-server for your area is selected.
As Srav correctly pointed out, your iPhone’s time is set by your local mobile carrier.
You can compare your phone’s clock w/ NIST time at https://time.gov/
The deviation between your device’s time and NIST time is displayed by in the lower right-hand corner.
Watch the GIF below. Being in India I am unable to find any lag between Apple Time (Left) and iPhone time (Right) .
It could be your Carrier's Clock that is making this difference. Contact them.
My phone is correct. My laptop is three minutes slow. The difference must be Spectrum's fault.
I use apple network to automatically time and date my laptop. And it differs by 3 minutes from my iphone. WHY????
