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24 <refentry id="systemd-timedated.service">
25
26         <refentryinfo>
27                 <title>systemd-timedated.service</title>
28                 <productname>systemd</productname>
29
30                 <authorgroup>
31                         <author>
32                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
33                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
34                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
35                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
36                         </author>
37                 </authorgroup>
38         </refentryinfo>
39
40         <refmeta>
41                 <refentrytitle>systemd-timedated.service</refentrytitle>
42                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
43         </refmeta>
44
45         <refnamediv>
46                 <refname>systemd-timedated.service</refname>
47                 <refname>systemd-timedated</refname>
48                 <refpurpose>Time and date bus mechanism</refpurpose>
49         </refnamediv>
50
51         <refsynopsisdiv>
52                 <para><filename>systemd-timedated.service</filename></para>
53                 <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-timedated</filename></para>
54         </refsynopsisdiv>
55
56         <refsect1>
57                 <title>Description</title>
58
59                 <para><filename>systemd-timedated</filename> is a
60                 system service that may be used as mechanism to change
61                 the system clock and timezone, as well as to
62                 enable/disable NTP time
63                 synchronization. <filename>systemd-timedated</filename>
64                 is automatically activated on request and terminates
65                 itself when it is unused.</para>
66
67                 <para>See the <ulink
68                 url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/timedated">
69                 developer documentation</ulink> for information about
70                 the APIs <filename>systemd-timedated</filename>
71                 provides.</para>
72         </refsect1>
73
74         <refsect1>
75                 <title>See Also</title>
76                 <para>
77                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
78                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>timezone</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
79                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hwclock</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
80                 </para>
81         </refsect1>
82
83 </refentry>