---
name: "msd-datetime-mechanism"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mate-settings-daemon"
version: "1.28.0-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/msd-datetime-mechanism"
---

# msd-datetime-mechanism(1)

set system time via D-Bus

## NAME

msd-datetime-mechanism - set system time via D-Bus

## SYNOPSIS

msd-datetime-mechanism

## DESCRIPTION

The *msd-datetime-mechanism* is used for setting the system time via D-Bus. *msd-datetime-mechanism* is a D-Bus wrapper that gets executed via D-Bus with root privileges. The execution of *msd-datetime-mechanism* gets triggered via the MATE clock applet.

## AUTHOR

This manual page has been written by Vangelis Mouhtsis \<vangelis@gnugr.org\> and Mike Gabriel \<mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de\>. It has been originally written for the Debian project (but may be used by others).