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24 <refentry id="timedatectl" conditional='ENABLE_TIMEDATED'
25   xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
26
27   <refentryinfo>
28     <title>timedatectl</title>
29     <productname>systemd</productname>
30
31     <authorgroup>
32       <author>
33         <contrib>Developer</contrib>
34         <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
35         <surname>Poettering</surname>
36         <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
37       </author>
38     </authorgroup>
39   </refentryinfo>
40
41   <refmeta>
42     <refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle>
43     <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
44   </refmeta>
45
46   <refnamediv>
47     <refname>timedatectl</refname>
48     <refpurpose>Control the system time and date</refpurpose>
49   </refnamediv>
50
51   <refsynopsisdiv>
52     <cmdsynopsis>
53       <command>timedatectl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg></command>
54     </cmdsynopsis>
55   </refsynopsisdiv>
56
57   <refsect1>
58     <title>Description</title>
59
60     <para><command>timedatectl</command> may be used to query and
61     change the system clock and its settings.</para>
62
63     <para>Use
64     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
65     to initialize the system time zone for mounted (but not booted)
66     system images.</para>
67   </refsect1>
68
69   <refsect1>
70     <title>Options</title>
71
72     <para>The following options are understood:</para>
73
74     <variablelist>
75       <varlistentry>
76         <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
77
78         <listitem><para>Do not query the user for authentication for
79         privileged operations.</para></listitem>
80       </varlistentry>
81
82       <varlistentry>
83         <term><option>--adjust-system-clock</option></term>
84
85         <listitem><para>If <command>set-local-rtc</command> is invoked
86         and this option is passed, the system clock is synchronized
87         from the RTC again, taking the new setting into account.
88         Otherwise, the RTC is synchronized from the system
89         clock.</para></listitem>
90       </varlistentry>
91
92       <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
93       <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="machine" />
94
95       <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
96       <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
97       <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
98     </variablelist>
99
100     <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
101
102     <variablelist>
103       <varlistentry>
104         <term><command>status</command></term>
105
106         <listitem><para>Show current settings
107         of the system clock and
108         RTC.</para></listitem>
109       </varlistentry>
110
111       <varlistentry>
112         <term><command>set-time [TIME]</command></term>
113
114         <listitem><para>Set the system clock to the specified time.
115         This will also update the RTC time accordingly. The time may
116         be specified in the format "2012-10-30
117         18:17:16".</para></listitem>
118       </varlistentry>
119
120       <varlistentry>
121         <term><command>set-timezone [TIMEZONE]</command></term>
122
123         <listitem><para>Set the system time zone to the specified
124         value. Available timezones can be listed with
125         <command>list-timezones</command>. If the RTC is configured to
126         be in the local time, this will also update the RTC time. This
127         call will alter the <filename>/etc/localtime</filename>
128         symlink. See
129         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
130         for more information.</para></listitem>
131       </varlistentry>
132
133       <varlistentry>
134         <term><command>list-timezones</command></term>
135
136         <listitem><para>List available time zones, one per line.
137         Entries from the list can be set as the system timezone with
138         <command>set-timezone</command>.</para></listitem>
139       </varlistentry>
140
141       <varlistentry>
142         <term><command>set-local-rtc [BOOL]</command></term>
143
144         <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If
145         <literal>0</literal>, the system is configured to maintain the
146         RTC in universal time. If <literal>1</literal>, it will
147         maintain the RTC in local time instead. Note that maintaining
148         the RTC in the local timezone is not fully supported and will
149         create various problems with time zone changes and daylight
150         saving adjustments. If at all possible, keep the RTC in UTC
151         mode. Note that invoking this will also synchronize the RTC
152         from the system clock, unless
153         <option>--adjust-system-clock</option> is passed (see above).
154         This command will change the 3rd line of
155         <filename>/etc/adjtime</filename>, as documented in
156         <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>hwclock</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
157         </para></listitem>
158       </varlistentry>
159
160       <varlistentry>
161         <term><command>set-ntp [BOOL]</command></term>
162
163         <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Controls whether NTP
164         based network time synchronization is enabled (if
165         available).</para></listitem>
166       </varlistentry>
167
168     </variablelist>
169
170   </refsect1>
171
172   <refsect1>
173     <title>Exit status</title>
174
175     <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
176     code otherwise.</para>
177   </refsect1>
178
179   <xi:include href="less-variables.xml" />
180
181   <refsect1>
182     <title>Examples</title>
183     <para>Show current settings:
184     <programlisting>$ timedatectl
185       Local time: Fri, 2012-11-02 09:26:46 CET
186   Universal time: Fri, 2012-11-02 08:26:46 UTC
187   RTC time: Fri, 2012-11-02 08:26:45
188   Timezone: Europe/Warsaw
189       UTC offset: +0100
190      NTP enabled: no
191 NTP synchronized: no
192  RTC in local TZ: no
193       DST active: no
194  Last DST change: CEST → CET, DST became inactive
195       Sun, 2012-10-28 02:59:59 CEST
196       Sun, 2012-10-28 02:00:00 CET
197  Next DST change: CET → CEST, DST will become active
198       the clock will jump one hour forward
199       Sun, 2013-03-31 01:59:59 CET
200       Sun, 2013-03-31 03:00:00 CEST</programlisting>
201     </para>
202
203     <para>Enable an NTP daemon (chronyd):
204     <programlisting>$ timedatectl set-ntp true
205 ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.timedate1.set-ntp ===
206 Authentication is required to control whether network time synchronization shall be enabled.
207 Authenticating as: user
208 Password: ********
209 ==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ===</programlisting>
210
211     <programlisting>$ systemctl status chronyd.service
212 chronyd.service - NTP client/server
213     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/chronyd.service; enabled)
214     Active: active (running) since Fri, 2012-11-02 09:36:25 CET; 5s ago
215 ...</programlisting>
216     </para>
217   </refsect1>
218
219   <refsect1>
220     <title>See Also</title>
221     <para>
222       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
223       <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>hwclock</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
224       <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>date</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
225       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
226       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
227       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timedated.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
228       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
229     </para>
230   </refsect1>
231
232 </refentry>