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timedatectl — Control the system time and date. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/ma

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Problem

How to use the timedatectl command: Control the system time and date. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/timedatectl.html>.

Solution

timedatectl — Control the system time and date. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/timedatectl.html>.

Check the current system clock time:

timedatectl

Set the local time of the system clock directly:

timedatectl set-time "{{yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss}}"

List available timezones:

timedatectl list-timezones

Set the system timezone:

timedatectl set-timezone {{timezone}}

Enable Network Time Protocol (NTP) synchronization:

timedatectl set-ntp on

Change the hardware clock time standard to localtime:

timedatectl set-local-rtc 1

Code Snippets

Check the current system clock time

timedatectl

Set the local time of the system clock directly

timedatectl set-time "{{yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss}}"

List available timezones

timedatectl list-timezones

Set the system timezone

timedatectl set-timezone {{timezone}}

Enable Network Time Protocol (NTP) synchronization

timedatectl set-ntp on

Context

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