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            "text": "# systemd-timedated (man)\n\n## NAME\n\nsystemd-timedated.service, systemd-timedated - Time and date bus mechanism\n\n## SYNOPSIS\n\nsystemd-timedated.service\n/lib/systemd/systemd-timedated\n\n## DESCRIPTION\n\nsystemd-timedated.service is a system service that may be used as a mechanism to change the\nsystem clock and timezone, as well as to enable/disable network time synchronization.\nsystemd-timedated is automatically activated on request and terminates itself when it is\nunused.\n\n## Sections\n\n- **NAME**\n- **SYNOPSIS**\n- **DESCRIPTION**\n- **LIST OF NETWORK TIME SYNCHRONIZATION SERVICES** (2 subsections)\n- **SEE ALSO**\n\nUse structuredContent.sections for detailed options, examples, and full documentation.\n"
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            "NAME": {
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                "content": "systemd-timedated.service\n\n/lib/systemd/systemd-timedated\n",
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                "content": "systemd-timedated.service is a system service that may be used as a mechanism to change the\nsystem clock and timezone, as well as to enable/disable network time synchronization.\nsystemd-timedated is automatically activated on request and terminates itself when it is\nunused.\n\nThe tool timedatectl(1) is a command line client to this service.\n\nsystemd-timedated currently offers access to the following four settings:\n\n•   The system time\n\n•   The system timezone\n\n•   A boolean controlling whether the system RTC is in local or UTC timezone\n\n•   Whether the time synchronization service is enabled/started or disabled/stopped, see next\nsection.\n\nSee org.freedesktop.timedate1(5) and org.freedesktop.LogControl1(5) for information about the\nD-Bus API.\n",
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                "content": "systemd-timesyncd will look for files with a \".list\" extension in ntp-units.d/ directories.\nEach file is parsed as a list of unit names, one per line. Empty lines and lines with\ncomments (\"#\") are ignored. Files are read from /usr/lib/systemd/ntp-units.d/ and the\ncorresponding directories under /etc/, /run/, /usr/local/lib/. Files in /etc/ override files\nwith the same name in /run/, /usr/local/lib/, and /lib/. Files in /run/ override files with\nthe same name under /usr/. Packages should install their configuration files in /usr/lib/\n(distribution packages) or /usr/local/lib/ (local installs).\n",
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                        "name": "Example 1. ntp-units.d/ entry for systemd-timesyncd",
                        "content": "# /usr/lib/systemd/ntp-units.d/80-systemd-timesync.list\nsystemd-timesyncd.service\n\nIf the environment variable $SYSTEMDTIMEDATEDNTPSERVICES is set, systemd-timesyncd will\nparse the contents of that variable as a colon-separated list of unit names. When set, this\nvariable overrides the file-based list described above.\n"
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                        "name": "Example 2. An override that specifies that chronyd should be used if available",
                        "content": "SYSTEMDTIMEDATEDNTPSERVICES=chronyd.service:systemd-timesyncd.service\n"
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            "SEE ALSO": {
                "content": "systemd(1), timedatectl(1), localtime(5), hwclock(8), systemd-timesyncd(8)\n\n\n\nsystemd 249                                                             SYSTEMD-TIMEDATED.SERVICE(8)",
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