16.63. cdist-type__hwclock(7)¶
16.63.1. NAME¶
cdist-type__hwclock - Manage the hardware real time clock.
16.63.2. DESCRIPTION¶
This type can be used to control how the hardware clock is used by the operating system.
16.63.3. 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.)
16.63.4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS¶
None.
16.63.5. BOOLEAN PARAMETERS¶
None.
16.63.6. EXAMPLES¶
# Make the operating system treat the time read from the hwclock as UTC.
__hwclock --mode UTC
16.63.7. SEE ALSO¶
hwclock(8)
16.63.9. COPYING¶
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.