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
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/timedated
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