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   Gordon to Handsome Jack   
   Re: Timekeeping   
   01 Feb 26 07:21:14   
   
   From: Gordon@leaf.net.nz   
      
   On 2026-02-01, Handsome Jack  wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   The default is the time zone you set it during install of the OS.   
      
   The time GUI date has worked just fine fine for me. You need to know the   
   Region and City of course.   
      
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