From 4b6e8d02b27b6d74baf43c63f6edd6e28fca90b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TiynGER <kantemarten@posteo.de>
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2021 19:00:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] linux: added date, time, timezone and hwclock guides

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 wiki/linux/arch-linux/installation.md |  7 ++++-
 wiki/linux/date.md                    | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 wiki/linux/hwclock.md                 | 19 +++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 wiki/linux/date.md
 create mode 100644 wiki/linux/hwclock.md

diff --git a/wiki/linux/arch-linux/installation.md b/wiki/linux/arch-linux/installation.md
index 9d367d5..5b06081 100644
--- a/wiki/linux/arch-linux/installation.md
+++ b/wiki/linux/arch-linux/installation.md
@@ -138,7 +138,12 @@ en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
 
 - `locale-gen` - Generate languages
 - `echo KEYMAP=de-latin1-nodeadkeys > /etc/vconsole.conf` - set the keymap
-- `tzselect` - Set region
+- `cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime` - set your timezone
+  (select the first file accordingly to your location)
+- `date +%Y%m%d -s "<yyyymmdd>"` - set the current date (change
+  values accordingly)
+- `date +%T -s "<hh:mm:ss>"` - set the current time (change values accordingly)
+- `hwclock -w` - sync the current date and time with the hardware clock
 
 ## 9. Configure and create kernel-image
 
diff --git a/wiki/linux/date.md b/wiki/linux/date.md
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+# Date
+
+`date` is a program to show and edit the date and time of a system.
+To change the hardware clock look at the [according article](./hwclock.md)
+
+## Display time and date
+
+To change the time and date run the following command:
+
+```shell
+date
+```
+
+## Change the date and time
+
+To change the date run the following command with an adjusted value for the
+date:
+
+```shell
+date +%Y%m%d -s "20210809"
+```
+
+To change the time run the following command with an adjusted value for the
+date:
+
+```shell
+date +%T -s "18:49:42"
+```
+
+After that you can check if the time is correct by displaying it.
+
+## Set timezone
+
+To set your timezone run the following command with the accordingly selected
+file for your location:
+
+```shell
+cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime
+```
diff --git a/wiki/linux/hwclock.md b/wiki/linux/hwclock.md
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+# HWClock
+
+`hwclock` is a program to set and display the hardware clock.
+
+## Display time and date
+
+To display the hardware clock run the following command:
+
+```shell
+hwclock
+```
+
+## Sync the hardware clock to the system time
+
+To sync the hardware clock run the following command:
+
+```shell
+hwclock -w
+```