timedatectl

Control system time and date.

Last updated: 2026-07-05 Report error

Syntax

$timedatectl [OPTIONS] COMMAND

Examples

$timedatectl set-time '2023-01-01 12:00:00'

Examples

$timedatectl list-timezones

Typical use cases

Set time

timedatectl set-time '2023-01-01 12:00:00'

List zones

timedatectl list-timezones

Note Systemd-based time management.

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