<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> <!-- This file is part of systemd. Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. --> <refentry id="systemd-timedated.service" conditional='ENABLE_TIMEDATED'> <refentryinfo> <title>systemd-timedated.service</title> <productname>systemd</productname> <authorgroup> <author> <contrib>Developer</contrib> <firstname>Lennart</firstname> <surname>Poettering</surname> <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> </author> </authorgroup> </refentryinfo> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>systemd-timedated.service</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname>systemd-timedated.service</refname> <refname>systemd-timedated</refname> <refpurpose>Time and date bus mechanism</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <para><filename>systemd-timedated.service</filename></para> <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-timedated</filename></para> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para><filename>systemd-timedated</filename> 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. <filename>systemd-timedated</filename> is automatically activated on request and terminates itself when it is unused.</para> <para>The tool <citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> is a command-line client to this service.</para> <para>See the <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/timedated"> developer documentation</ulink> for information about the APIs <filename>systemd-timedated</filename> provides.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>See Also</title> <para> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>hwclock</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> </para> </refsect1> </refentry>