cdist-type__hwclock7
Manage the hardware real time clock.
Overview
This type can be used to control how the hardware clock is used by the operating system.
Required parameters
mode-
What mode the hardware clock is in.
Acceptable values:
localtime-
The hardware clock is set to local time (common for systems also running Windows.)
- UTC
-
The hardware clock is set to UTC (common on UNIX systems.)
Optional parameters
None.
Boolean parameters
None.
Examples
# Make the operating system treat the time read from the hwclock as UTC. __hwclock --mode UTC
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Copyright (C) 2020 Dennis Camera. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
History
- Debian 13 (Trixie): the text shown here
- Debian 12 (Bookworm)
- Debian 11 (Bullseye)