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NAME
systemd-timedated.service, systemd-timedated - Time and date bus
mechanism
SYNOPSIS
systemd-timedated.service
/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-timedated
DESCRIPTION
systemd-timedated 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. systemd-timedated is automatically activated
on request and terminates itself when it is unused.
The tool timedatectl(1) is a command line client to this service.
See the developer documentation[1] for information about the APIs
systemd-timedated provides.
ENVIRONMENT
$SYSTEMD_TIMEDATED_NTP_SERVICES
Colon-separated list of unit names of NTP client services. If not
set, then systemd-timesyncd.service(8) is used. See the entries of
NTP related commands of timedatectl(1) for details about this.
Example:
SYSTEMD_TIMEDATED_NTP_SERVICES=ntpd.service:chronyd.service:systemd-timesyncd.service
SEE ALSO
systemd(1), timedatectl(1), localtime(5), hwclock(8), systemd-
timesyncd(8)
NOTES
1. developer documentation
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/timedated
systemd 239 SYSTEMD-TIMEDATED.SERVICE(8)