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Add note re time zone files.
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msqr committed Jul 29, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

This will present a menu to choose the desired time zone. You can also list the available time zone names by running `timedatectl list-timezones`.

!!! note "Why not `timedatectl set-timezone`?"

There are two time zone configuration files, `/etc/localtime` and `/etc/timezone`. These must be kept in sync, which `dpkg-reconfigure tzdata`
will do but `timedatectl set-timezone` will not.

## Internet time synchronization

SolarNodeOS uses the [systemd-timesyncd][systemd-timesyncd-man] service to synchronize the node's clock
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