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safari

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Registered: 2026-06-02

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How to set system time?

My system time is out. How do I fix that? hwclock, timedatectl, and ntp aren't available.

Last edited by safari (Today 14:33:03)

kapqa

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Registered: 2019-01-02

Posts: 701  

Re: How to set system time?

sudo apt install ntpsec-ntpdate

is valid for devuan 6.0

sudo ntpdate-debian

2026-07-02 16:39:31.356971 (+0200) +0.170255 +/- 0.010254 0.debian.pool.ntp.org 37.247.53.178 s2 no-leap

but with dual-boot windows + linux there is still woes, at least on computers that i use.

safari

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Registered: 2026-06-02

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Re: How to set system time?

Thanks, that worked. Do you know if that sets OS time only, or hardware time too?

Last edited by safari (Today 15:03:15)

kapqa

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Registered: 2019-01-02

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Re: How to set system time?

would have to guess, but apparently i am able to mess up the time every other time i boot into windows and back , or so ~

there have been kind peopel on this forum who told me how to fix  time with windows tricks ]

but those have tricks not lasted that long also use several computer , and what function on one, seem not always stable on another. . it has probably to do aswell with the computers itself; and maybe also language, regional settings may interfere?

maybe some day we can get to to the bottom of it.