timedatectl

Control system time and date.

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Verified: 2025-09-09

Syntax

$timedatectl [OPTIONS] BEFEHL

Examples

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

$timedatectl list-timezones

Typical use cases

Standard usage

timedatectl --help

Note Systemd-based time management.

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