How To Configure Time using timedatectl command
To Configure Time using timedatectl command
Configuring Timezone, Time and System Clock Synchronization using timedatectl Command in linux is explained in this article.
Find and Set Local Timezone in Linux
To display the current date and time on your system, utilize the following command in the commandline.
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl status
Here, RTC time is the hardware clock time.
To view the present timezone, run the following command.
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl
OR
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl | grep Time
Execute the below command inorder to view all available timezones.
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl list-timezones
Execute the below command to find the local timezone in your location.
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl list-timezones | egrep -o &ldquo Asia/B.\*&rdquo
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl list-timezones | egrep -o &ldquo Asia/K.\*&rdquo
Utilize set-timezone for setting your local timezone in Linux.
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl set-timezone &ldquo Asia/Kolkata&rdquo
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl
The coordinated universal time, UTC is mostly recommended.
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl set-timezone UTC
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl
While modifying the timezone, you have to type the correct name of the timezone, or else you will get an error.
Setting Date and Time in Linux
Utilize the set-time with the format of time in HH:MM:SS (Hour, Minute and Seconds).
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl set-time 12:30:30
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl
Utilize the set-time with the format of date in YY:MM:DD (Year, Month, Day).
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl set-time 2016-11-20
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl
For setting both time and date utilize the following command.
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl set-time ' 2016-11-20 19:08:14'
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl
To Find and Set Hardware Clock in Linux
Utilize the set-local-rtc boolean-value option to check whether your hardware clock is in local timezone.
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl | grep local
To Set the hardware clock to local timezone
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl set-local-rtc 1
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl
To Set the hardware clock to coordinate universal time (UTC)
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl set-local-rtc 0
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl
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Utilize the below command for Synchronisation with a Remote NTP Server
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl set-ntp true
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl
Utilize the following command for disabling NTP time synchronisation.
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl set-ntp false
\[root@linuxhelp~\] # timedatectl