rhcsa question: The system time should be set to your (or nearest to you) timezone and ensure NTP sync is configured

 rhcsa question: The system time should be set to your (or nearest to you) timezone and ensure NTP sync is configured 

solution: 

1) use command timedatectl

What is timedatectl?

- timedatectl is command allows you to both query and change the system clock 

- setting ntp connection 

- control the system time and date 

2) How to use? 

- we need list of timezones: 

command: 

timedatectl list-timezones

- setting timezone

timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Berlin

- verify

timedatectl 

3) check ntp connection 

- check 

[root@test21541RHCSA ~]# timedatectl

      Local time: Mon 2022-04-18 21:27:38 CEST

  Universal time: Mon 2022-04-18 19:27:38 UTC

        RTC time: Mon 2022-04-18 21:27:38

       Time zone: Europe/Berlin (CEST, +0200)

     NTP enabled: yes

4) set ntp via timedatectl 

timedatectl set-ntp true

5) restart service

restart systemd-timedated

6) enjoy and eat ice cream ;-) 

7) of course we need configuration chronyd