NAME

       systemd-timedated.service, systemd-timedated - Time and date bus mechanism

SYNOPSIS

       systemd-timedated.service

       /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.

SEE ALSO

       systemd(1), timedatectl(1), localtime(5), hwclock(8)

NOTES

        1. developer documentation
           https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/timedated