How can I manage system time issues when working remotely on a company laptop with VPN access?

The time is not "incorrect", it is just displayed in a different timezone. It won't cause issues unless the system actually has an incorrect time set

If you get a DTV with remote working you need written permission from your company to work remotely in Thailand.

You shouldn’t lie to your employer about your location

If the laptop breaks and they ask you to bring it in tomorrow, what would you do?

If you’re connecting to the company vpn, they can see your location whenever you connect

Just open a tab on Google with German time on it ?

if you allways use the VPN and never connect directly to a local thai network, then it wont change the timezone. but you need to also disable the location features in your settings! you might not be able to disable that, without admin rights… they can also see your Microsoft logins and location. allways need to use a VPN. even on your mobile phone with authenticator. something will surely leak your location. the question is if your IT department cares about it or not. there is definitely methods to track locations of company devices. some even have build-in GPS. some will remotely activate your wifi and with wifi you can also get a location. you definitely need to deactivate wifi and only hardwire to your vpn router… some IT departments will block VPN or ask questions. also latency will be high and raise questions. an option would be to leave the laptop in germany and connect to it remotely (if even allowed), but other problems will come with that like taking calls. difficult to be 100% safe… with wireguard i would set up a private vpn server in germany and connect to it. some recommend a computer/router at your home in germany. so it doesnt raise the VPN questions…

What are you doing where the local time in your laptop shows? If your using a VPN, then any timestamps on files or logs should show the timezones of the VPN server.

Can you go into the BIOS settings and change the time? It's very rare that an IT organization would have locked the BIOS settings, and you can get into those before windows even loads. The computer time should be set in there as well and you might be able to change it.

I used a powershell command line script to set the time correctly.

Contact your IT department and have them remotely adjust the settings.

I’m retired so I don’t have to deal with these issues anymore

Good luck explaining to your boss manager why you’re not in Germany but getting paid German wages

Windows systems communicate internally using utc. If you connect to windows services using your windows laptop then the server will log you at his local time.

Are you trying to hide that you are abroad, or is there another reason for your question?

If you have Outlook on the laptop you can set multiple timelines and switch between them