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<refentry id="systemd-timedated.service">
<refentryinfo>
<title>systemd-timedated.service</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
<firstname>Lennart</firstname>
<surname>Poettering</surname>
<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>systemd-timedated.service</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd-timedated.service</refname>
<refname>systemd-timedated</refname>
<refpurpose>Time and date bus mechanism</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para><filename>systemd-timedated.service</filename></para>
<para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-timedated</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><filename>systemd-timedated</filename> is a
system service that may be used as mechanism to change
the system clock and timezone, as well as to
enable/disable NTP time
synchronization. <filename>systemd-timedated</filename>
is automatically activated on request and terminates
itself when it is unused.</para>
<para>The tool
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
is a command line client to this service.</para>
<para>See the <ulink
url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/timedated">
developer documentation</ulink> for information about
the APIs <filename>systemd-timedated</filename>
provides.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>hwclock</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>