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</refsect1>
<refsect1>
+ <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>
+
+ <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>,