Datetime issue

[Prospero]

I have this really bizarre problem...
I have a server running Windows2k, service pack 4. It is accessed by multiple users who update information on a SQL database. The database logs the user and date every time there is an update.
For some reason, this server at random times just decides that the date is June 1, 2001.
Whats going on and how can this be fixed?

 

[Prospero]

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OK i found out this date its changing to is in fact the date the OS was installed...

 

[iss]

Like all oldtimers Win2k is wnting to live in the past.

 

[Prospero]

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Well Noone has had much to say on this but I decided after thinking about it for a while that it must be a dead CMOS battery.. does this sound like a fair guess? So the date/time doesnt get stored on the computer when it shuts down? any other ideas?

 

[iss]

yes a dead or defective CMOS battery is generaly the casue of the problem.

 

[RealBlackStuff]

If it's important, you can get a PCI card that checks regularly on an atomic clock to keep your server's time up-to-date.
But a (near-)dead battery might well be the case.