man/systemd-timedated.service.xml

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  24 <refentry id="systemd-timedated.service" conditional='ENABLE_TIMEDATED'>
  25
  26         <refentryinfo>
  27                 <title>systemd-timedated.service</title>
  28                 <productname>systemd</productname>
  29
  30                 <authorgroup>
  31                         <author>
  32                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  33                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  34                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
  35                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  36                         </author>
  37                 </authorgroup>
  38         </refentryinfo>
  39
  40         <refmeta>
  41                 <refentrytitle>systemd-timedated.service</refentrytitle>
  42                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  43         </refmeta>
  44
  45         <refnamediv>
  46                 <refname>systemd-timedated.service</refname>
  47                 <refname>systemd-timedated</refname>
  48                 <refpurpose>Time and date bus mechanism</refpurpose>
  49         </refnamediv>
  50
  51         <refsynopsisdiv>
  52                 <para><filename>systemd-timedated.service</filename></para>
  53                 <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-timedated</filename></para>
  54         </refsynopsisdiv>
  55
  56         <refsect1>
  57                 <title>Description</title>
  58
  59                 <para><filename>systemd-timedated</filename> is a
  60                 system service that may be used as a mechanism to change
  61                 the system clock and timezone, as well as to
  62                 enable/disable NTP time
  63                 synchronization. <filename>systemd-timedated</filename>
  64                 is automatically activated on request and terminates
  65                 itself when it is unused.</para>
  66
  67                 <para>The tool
  68                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  69                 is a command-line client to this service.</para>
  70
  71                 <para>See the <ulink
  72                 url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/timedated">
  73                 developer documentation</ulink> for information about
  74                 the APIs <filename>systemd-timedated</filename>
  75                 provides.</para>
  76         </refsect1>
  77
  78         <refsect1>
  79                 <title>See Also</title>
  80                 <para>
  81                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  82                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  83                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  84                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hwclock</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  85                 </para>
  86         </refsect1>
  87
  88 </refentry>