timedatectl Command Examples

Control the system time and date. More information: https://manned.org/timedatectl.

• Check the current system clock time:

timedatectl

• Set the local time of the system clock directly:

timedatectl set-time "{{yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss}}"

• List available timezones:

timedatectl list-timezones

• Set the system timezone:

timedatectl set-timezone {{timezone}}

• Enable Network Time Protocol (NTP) synchronization:

timedatectl set-ntp on

• Change the hardware clock time standard to localtime:

timedatectl set-local-rtc 1