Change System Date and Time

When you access the Cockpit web console, the host system date and time appears in the Configuration section of the Overview page. As needed, Cockpit administrators can use the configurable properties on the Overview page to change the date, time, and timezone options set on the host system.

What Do You Need?

• The Cockpit web console must be installed and accessible on a host machine.

  For details, see these topics: Install and Enable Cockpit and Log in to the Cockpit Web Console.

• Administrator privileges.

Steps

Using the Cockpit web console, follow these steps to change the date, time, and time zone properties set on a host system.

1. In the Cockpit navigation pane, click Overview.

   The Overview pane appears.

2. In the Overview page, navigate to the Configuration section and find the System time property, then click the current date and time.

   The Change system time dialog appears.

3. In the Change system time dialog, perform the following:
   1. Change the following properties as needed:
      • Time zone – Set the appropriate timezone by region and city location.

        Tip:

        To navigate through the list, type the first few letters of the closest city.
      • Set time – Select one of the following options to set the system time.

        Important:

        Some options might not be available for configuration on all host systems.

        • Manually – When selected, configurable properties appear to set the exact time and date specific to the time zone specified.

        • Automatically using NTP – When selected, the system uses any available NTP service to obtain the correct time. For example, the Oracle Linux chrony NTP service is typically available and configured, by default, to use the pool.ntp.org servers.

        • Automatically using specific NTP servers – When selected, configurable properties appear enabling you to specify a specific NTP server for synchronizing the system clock.
   2. Click Change.