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SYSTEMD-TIMEDATED.SERVICE(8) systemd-timedated.service SYSTEMD-TIMEDATED.SERVICE(8)

NAME

systemd-timedated.service, systemd-timedated - Time and date bus mechanism

SYNOPSIS

systemd-timedated.service
/lib/systemd/systemd-timedated

DESCRIPTION

systemd-timedated is a system service that may be used as a mechanism to change the system clock and timezone, as well as to enable/disable NTP time synchronization. systemd-timedated is automatically activated on request and terminates itself when it is unused.
The tool timedatectl(1) is a command-line client to this service.
See the developer documentation[1] for information about the APIs systemd-timedated provides.

SEE ALSO

systemd(1), timedatectl(1), localtime(5), hwclock(8)

NOTES

1.
developer documentation
systemd 215