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   Handsome Jack to All   
   Re: Timekeeping   
   01 Feb 26 06:48:15   
   
   From: jack@handsome.com   
      
   On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 21:26:51 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:08:12 -0000 (UTC), Handsome Jack wrote:   
   >   
   >> I did some research and found that LM's utility (or setting, whatever   
   >> you call it) for doing this is systemd-timesyncd.service.   
   >> But it had either never been installed, or was masked, or had not been   
   >> set to start up ...   
   >   
   >     systemctl status systemd-timesyncd.service   
   >   
   > to find out for sure.   
      
   Not very user-friendly though, is it? I can't understand why the GUI 'Time   
   and Date' app doesn't allow you to adjust it. Or why it isn't the default   
   in the first place.   
      
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