<para><command>timedatectl</command> may be used to
query and change the system clock and its
settings.</para>
+
+ <para>Use
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ to initialize the system time zone for mounted (but not
+ booted) system images.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<para>The following options are understood:</para>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-h</option></term>
- <term><option>--help</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Prints a short help
- text and exits.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--version</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Prints a short version
- string and exits.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--no-pager</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Do not pipe output into a
- pager.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
operations.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-H</option></term>
- <term><option>--host=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Execute the operation
- remotely. Specify a hostname, or
- username and hostname separated by <literal>@</literal>,
- to connect to. This will use SSH to
- talk to the remote machine manager
- instance.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-M</option></term>
- <term><option>--machine=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Execute operation on a
- local container. Specify a container
- name to connect to.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--adjust-system-clock</option></term>
synchronized from the system
clock.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
+ <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="machine" />
+
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
</variablelist>
<para>The following commands are understood:</para>
change the 3rd line of
<filename>/etc/adjtime</filename>, as
documented in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hwclock</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>hwclock</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<para>Show current settings:
- <programlisting>
-$ timedatectl
+ <programlisting>$ timedatectl
Local time: Fri, 2012-11-02 09:26:46 CET
Universal time: Fri, 2012-11-02 08:26:46 UTC
RTC time: Fri, 2012-11-02 08:26:45
Next DST change: CET → CEST, DST will become active
the clock will jump one hour forward
Sun, 2013-03-31 01:59:59 CET
- Sun, 2013-03-31 03:00:00 CEST
- </programlisting>
+ Sun, 2013-03-31 03:00:00 CEST</programlisting>
</para>
<para>Enable an NTP daemon (chronyd):
- <programlisting>
-$ timedatectl set-ntp true
+ <programlisting>$ timedatectl set-ntp true
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.timedate1.set-ntp ===
Authentication is required to control whether network time synchronization shall be enabled.
Authenticating as: user
Password: ********
-==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ===
- </programlisting>
+==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ===</programlisting>
- <programlisting>
-$ systemctl status chronyd.service
+ <programlisting>$ systemctl status chronyd.service
chronyd.service - NTP client/server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/chronyd.service; enabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri, 2012-11-02 09:36:25 CET; 5s ago
-...
- </programlisting>
+...</programlisting>
</para>
</refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hwclock</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>date</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>hwclock</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>date</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timedated.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timedated.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>