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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
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<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later -->
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<refentry id="timedatectl" conditional='ENABLE_TIMEDATECTL'
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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<refentryinfo>
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<title>timedatectl</title>
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<productname>systemd</productname>
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</refentryinfo>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>timedatectl</refname>
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<refpurpose>Control the system time and date</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>timedatectl</command>
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<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
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<arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para><command>timedatectl</command> may be used to query and change the system clock and its settings,
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and enable or disable time synchronization services.</para>
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<para>Use
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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to initialize the system time zone for mounted (but not booted)
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system images.</para>
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<para><command>timedatectl</command> may be used to show the current status of time synchronization
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services, for example
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timesyncd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Commands</title>
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<para>The following commands are understood:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><command>status</command></term>
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<listitem><para>Show current settings of the system clock and RTC, including whether network time
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synchronization is active. If no command is specified, this is the implied default.
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</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v195"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><command>show</command></term>
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<listitem><para>Show the same information as <option>status</option>, but in machine readable form.
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This command is intended to be used whenever computer-parsable output is required.
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Use <option>status</option> if you are looking for formatted human-readable output.</para>
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<para>By default, empty properties are suppressed. Use <option>--all</option> to show those too.
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To select specific properties to show, use <option>--property=</option>.</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v239"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><command>set-time [TIME]</command></term>
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<listitem><para>Set the system clock to the specified time.
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This will also update the RTC time accordingly. The time may
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be specified in the format "2012-10-30
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18:17:16".</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v195"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><command>set-timezone [TIMEZONE]</command></term>
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<listitem><para>Set the system time zone to the specified
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value. Available timezones can be listed with
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<command>list-timezones</command>. If the RTC is configured to
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be in the local time, this will also update the RTC time. This
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call will alter the <filename>/etc/localtime</filename>
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symlink. See
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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for more information.</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v195"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><command>list-timezones</command></term>
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<listitem><para>List available time zones, one per line.
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Entries from the list can be set as the system timezone with
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<command>set-timezone</command>.</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v195"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><command>set-local-rtc [BOOL]</command></term>
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<listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If
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<literal>0</literal>, the system is configured to maintain the
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RTC in universal time. If <literal>1</literal>, it will
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maintain the RTC in local time instead. Note that maintaining
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the RTC in the local timezone is not fully supported and will
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create various problems with time zone changes and daylight
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saving adjustments. If at all possible, keep the RTC in UTC
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mode. Note that invoking this will also synchronize the RTC
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from the system clock, unless
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<option>--adjust-system-clock</option> is passed (see above).
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This command will change the 3rd line of
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<filename>/etc/adjtime</filename>, as documented in
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<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>hwclock</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v195"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><command>set-ntp [BOOL]</command></term>
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<listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Controls whether network time synchronization is active and
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enabled (if available). If the argument is true, this enables and starts the first existing network
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synchronization service. If the argument is false, then this disables and stops the known network
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synchronization services. The way that the list of services is built is described in
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timedated.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v195"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<refsect2>
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<title>systemd-timesyncd Commands</title>
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<para>The following commands are specific to
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timesyncd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><command>timesync-status</command></term>
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<listitem><para>Show current status of
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timesyncd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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If <option>--monitor</option> is specified, then this will monitor the status updates.</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v239"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><command>show-timesync</command></term>
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<listitem><para>Show the same information as <option>timesync-status</option>, but in machine readable form.
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This command is intended to be used whenever computer-parsable output is required.
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Use <option>timesync-status</option> if you are looking for formatted human-readable output.</para>
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<para>By default, empty properties are suppressed. Use <option>--all</option> to show those too.
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To select specific properties to show, use <option>--property=</option>.</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v239"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><command>ntp-servers <replaceable>INTERFACE</replaceable> <replaceable>SERVER</replaceable>…</command></term>
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<listitem><para>Set the interface specific NTP servers. This command can be used only when the
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interface is managed by <command>systemd-networkd</command>.</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v243"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><command>revert <replaceable>INTERFACE</replaceable></command></term>
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<listitem><para>Revert the interface specific NTP servers. This command can be used only when
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the interface is managed by <command>systemd-networkd</command>.</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v243"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect2>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Options</title>
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<para>The following options are understood:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Do not query the user for authentication for
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privileged operations.</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v195"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--adjust-system-clock</option></term>
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<listitem><para>If <command>set-local-rtc</command> is invoked
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and this option is passed, the system clock is synchronized
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from the RTC again, taking the new setting into account.
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Otherwise, the RTC is synchronized from the system
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clock.</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v195"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--monitor</option></term>
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<listitem><para>If <command>timesync-status</command> is invoked and this option is passed, then
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<command>timedatectl</command> monitors the status of
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timesyncd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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and updates the outputs. Use <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>C</keycap></keycombo> to terminate the
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monitoring.</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v239"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-a</option></term>
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<term><option>--all</option></term>
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<listitem><para>When showing properties of
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timesyncd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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show all properties regardless of whether they are set or not.</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v239"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-p</option></term>
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<term><option>--property=</option></term>
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<listitem><para>When showing properties of
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timesyncd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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limit display to certain properties as specified as argument. If not specified, all set properties are shown.
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The argument should be a property name, such as <literal>ServerName</literal>. If specified more than once,
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all properties with the specified names are shown.</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v239"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--value</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>When printing properties with <command>show-timesync</command>, only print the value, and skip the
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property name and <literal>=</literal>.</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v239"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id='option-P'>
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<term><option>-P</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="xpointer(//varlistentry[@id='option-P']/listitem/para)" />
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v256"/>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
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<xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="machine" />
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<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
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<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
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<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Exit status</title>
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<para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<xi:include href="common-variables.xml" />
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<refsect1>
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<title>Examples</title>
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<para>Show current settings:
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<programlisting>$ timedatectl
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Local time: Thu 2017-09-21 16:08:56 CEST
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Universal time: Thu 2017-09-21 14:08:56 UTC
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RTC time: Thu 2017-09-21 14:08:56
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Time zone: Europe/Warsaw (CEST, +0200)
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System clock synchronized: yes
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NTP service: active
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RTC in local TZ: no</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>Enable network time synchronization:
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<programlisting>$ timedatectl set-ntp true
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==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.timedate1.set-ntp ===
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Authentication is required to control whether network time synchronization shall be enabled.
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Authenticating as: user
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Password: ********
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==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ===</programlisting>
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<programlisting>$ systemctl status systemd-timesyncd.service
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● systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization
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Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled)
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Active: active (running) since Mo 2015-03-30 14:20:38 CEST; 5s ago
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Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8)
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Main PID: 595 (systemd-timesyn)
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Status: "Using Time Server 216.239.38.15:123 (time4.google.com)."
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CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-timesyncd.service
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└─595 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-timesyncd
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…</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>Show current status of
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timesyncd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>:
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<programlisting>$ timedatectl timesync-status
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Server: 216.239.38.15 (time4.google.com)
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Poll interval: 1min 4s (min: 32s; max 34min 8s)
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Leap: normal
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Version: 4
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Stratum: 1
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Reference: GPS
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Precision: 1us (-20)
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Root distance: 335us (max: 5s)
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Offset: +316us
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Delay: 349us
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Jitter: 0
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Packet count: 1
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Frequency: -8.802ppm</programlisting>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<para><simplelist type="inline">
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<member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
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<member><citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>hwclock</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
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<member><citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>date</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
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<member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
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<member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
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<member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timedated.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
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<member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timesyncd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
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<member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
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</simplelist></para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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