Re: setting the date for testing
On 2020-12-13 14:36, Michael Grant wrote:
This did not work:
# timedatectl set-ntp true
Failed to set ntp: NTP not supported
# timedatectl set-ntp false
Failed to set ntp: NTP not supported
Other ideas?
I am trying to set the date manually so that I can test the system set
at future dates. Setting the system using the date command, it just
resets itself back to the current date/time after a few seconds. How
can I stop this?
Thanks!
Michael Grant
*From: *hdv@gmail <mailto:hdv.jadev@gmail.com>
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*Subject: *Re: setting the date for testing
On 2020-12-06 21:56, hdv@gmail wrote:
> # timedatectl set-ntp true
I am sorry for the typo. This should of course have been "false"!
Grx HdV
Could it be that you have systemd-timesyncd running?
BTW, this is what I do to manually/explicitly set the system time (taken
verbatim from my vimwiki, so don't mind the wording):
Changing the Current Date:
# timedatectl set-time <YYYY-MM-DD>
Or both at once:
# timedatectl set-time <YYYY-MM-DD> <HH:MM:SS>
This commands will fail if an NTP service is enabled. The NTP service
can be enabled and disabled using a command as follows:
# timedatectl set-ntp <true|false>
Changes to the status of chrony or ntpd will not be immediately noticed
by timedatectl. If changes to the configuration or status of these tools
are made, enter the following command:
# systemctl restart systemd-timedated.service
By default, the system is configured to use UTC. To configure your
system to maintain the clock in the local time, run the timedatectl
command with the set-local-rtc option as root:
# timedatectl set-local-rtc <boolean>
HTH
Grx HdV
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