Timedatectl

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Control the system time and date.

Example

List the available time zones.

$ timedatectl list-timezones

If your location is Asia/Seoul, set it as follows.

$ timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Seoul

You can set the system time using NTP.

$ timedatectl set-ntp true

You can check the status information as follows.

$ timedatectl status

See also

• ArchLinux:Installation: Used during installation.
• NTP
• Time zone

Favorite site

• timedatectl(1) — Arch manual pages
• System time - ArchWiki
• JeongYD :: (Linux) Setting time and time zone with CentOS timedatectl