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   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 -->
 
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 -->
 
-<refentry id="timedatectl">
+<refentry id="timedatectl" conditional='ENABLE_TIMEDATED'
+        xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
 
         <refentryinfo>
                 <title>timedatectl</title>
 
         <refentryinfo>
                 <title>timedatectl</title>
                 <para><command>timedatectl</command> may be used to
                 query and change the system clock and its
                 settings.</para>
                 <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>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
                 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
 
                 <variablelist>
                 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
 
                 <variablelist>
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><option>--help</option></term>
-                                <term><option>-h</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>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
 
-                                <listitem><para>Don't query the user
+                                <listitem><para>Do not query the user
                                 for authentication for privileged
                                 operations.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 for authentication for privileged
                                 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 @,
-                                to connect to. This will use SSH to
-                                talk to a remote
-                                system.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--adjust-system-clock</option></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>If
                                 <command>set-local-rtc</command> is
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--adjust-system-clock</option></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>If
                                 <command>set-local-rtc</command> is
-                                invoked and this option is passed the
+                                invoked and this option is passed, the
                                 system clock is synchronized from the
                                 RTC again, taking the new setting into
                                 system clock is synchronized from the
                                 RTC again, taking the new setting into
-                                account. Otherwise the RTC is
+                                account. Otherwise, the RTC is
                                 synchronized from the system
                                 clock.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                                 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>
                 </variablelist>
 
                 <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Set the system time
                                 zone to the specified value. Available
 
                                 <listitem><para>Set the system time
                                 zone to the specified value. Available
-                                time zones can be listed with
+                                timezones can be listed with
                                 <command>list-timezones</command>. If
                                 the RTC is configured to be in the
                                 <command>list-timezones</command>. If
                                 the RTC is configured to be in the
-                                local time this will also update the
+                                local time, this will also update the
                                 RTC time. This call will alter the
                                 <filename>/etc/localtime</filename>
                                 symlink. See
                                 RTC time. This call will alter the
                                 <filename>/etc/localtime</filename>
                                 symlink. See
                                 <listitem><para>List available time
                                 zones, one per line. Entries from the
                                 list can be set as the system
                                 <listitem><para>List available time
                                 zones, one per line. Entries from the
                                 list can be set as the system
-                                time zone with
+                                timezone with
                                 <command>set-timezone</command>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 <command>set-timezone</command>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 <term><command>set-local-rtc [BOOL]</command></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
                                 <term><command>set-local-rtc [BOOL]</command></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
-                                argument. If <literal>0</literal> the
+                                argument. If <literal>0</literal>, the
                                 system is configured to maintain the
                                 system is configured to maintain the
-                                RTC in universal time, if
-                                <literal>1</literal> it will maintain
+                                RTC in universal time. If
+                                <literal>1</literal>, it will maintain
                                 the RTC in local time instead. Note
                                 that maintaining the RTC in the local
                                 the RTC in local time instead. Note
                                 that maintaining the RTC in the local
-                                time zone is not fully supported and
+                                timezone is not fully supported and
                                 will create various problems with time
                                 zone changes and daylight saving
                                 will create various problems with time
                                 zone changes and daylight saving
-                                adjustments. If at all possible use
-                                RTC in UTC. Note that invoking this
+                                adjustments. If at all possible, keep the
+                                RTC in UTC mode. Note that invoking this
                                 will also synchronize the RTC from the
                                 system clock, unless
                                 <option>--adjust-system-clock</option> is
                                 will also synchronize the RTC from the
                                 system clock, unless
                                 <option>--adjust-system-clock</option> is
                                 change the 3rd line of
                                 <filename>/etc/adjtime</filename>, as
                                 documented in
                                 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>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Exit status</title>
 
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Exit status</title>
 
-                <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
+                <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
                 code otherwise.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
                 code otherwise.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
+        <xi:include href="less-variables.xml" />
+
         <refsect1>
         <refsect1>
-                <title>Environment</title>
+                <title>Examples</title>
+                <para>Show current settings:
+                <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
+        Timezone: Europe/Warsaw
+      UTC offset: +0100
+     NTP enabled: no
+NTP synchronized: no
+ RTC in local TZ: no
+      DST active: no
+ Last DST change: CEST → CET, DST became inactive
+                  Sun, 2012-10-28 02:59:59 CEST
+                  Sun, 2012-10-28 02:00:00 CET
+ 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>
+                </para>
 
 
-                <variablelist>
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_PAGER</varname></term>
-                                <listitem><para>Pager to use when
-                                <option>--no-pager</option> is not given;
-                                overrides <varname>$PAGER</varname>.  Setting
-                                this to an empty string or the value
-                                <literal>cat</literal> is equivalent to passing
-                                <option>--no-pager</option>.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-                </variablelist>
+                <para>Enable an NTP daemon (chronyd):
+                <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>
+
+                <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>
+                </para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
                 <title>See Also</title>
                 <para>
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
         </refsect1>
 
         <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>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>
 
                 </para>
         </refsect1>