Today, in this article, we show how to to define up date and time in Ubuntu. One of the most popular Linux distributions is Ubuntu, created by Canonical. It is largely free and open source software and is simple to install and use. Ubuntu automatically detects and syncs the time on most installed systems. In case your system does not sync correctly, you can manually set the date, time and time zone.
In 2004, the British company Canonical introduced Ubuntu. It was built on Debian, a popular distribution at the time that required a lot of installation work. Ubuntu was consequently suggested as a friendly replacement. Every six months, Canonical, responsible for managing Ubuntu, releases a new version. In addition, Canonical provides hosting servers for the Ubuntu Community, allowing users from all over the world to participate in free testing of software issues, answers to questions, and technical help.
Our current operating systems are all synchronized with the NIST atomic clock. As a result, we rarely find a reason to change the date, time, or time zone on our systems. However, we occasionally make mistakes with these features when making the system settings, and then we realized that we need to manually change these entities. Below are the steps on set up timezone in Ubuntu.
steps to define up date and time in Ubuntu
Step 1: Open Definitions in app launcher
Step 2: click in Date and Time
Step 3: disable Automatic date and time to let you manually to define the time and date
Step 4: Now you can change the parameters on this page
Step 5: type the correct date and Time and select your time zone.
Step 6: If everything works fine, your system date and Time must be now to define.
Final Words
This one tutorial demonstrated how to change the time and date in Ubuntu. As we know, the best course of action is usually to configure the system to sync with NTP. While many systems remember the date and time automatically, older PCs with a new lifespan with Ubuntu may have outdated CMOS batteries and, as a result, unable to remember the date and time, requiring repeated repetition of this method.