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0001 <?xml version="1.0" ?> 0002 <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.5-Based Variant V1.1//EN" 0003 "dtd/kdedbx45.dtd" [ 0004 <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> 0005 <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> 0006 ]> 0007 0008 <article id="clock" lang="&language;"> 0009 <articleinfo> 0010 <title>Date & Time</title> 0011 <authorgroup> 0012 <author>&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author> 0013 <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> 0014 </authorgroup> 0015 0016 <date>2018-03-25</date> 0017 <releaseinfo>&plasma; 5.12</releaseinfo> 0018 0019 <keywordset> 0020 <keyword>KDE</keyword> 0021 <keyword>Systemsettings</keyword> 0022 <keyword>clock</keyword> 0023 <keyword>date</keyword> 0024 <keyword>time</keyword> 0025 <keyword>set</keyword> 0026 <keyword>configure</keyword> 0027 </keywordset> 0028 </articleinfo> 0029 0030 <sect1 id="datetime"> 0031 0032 <title>Date & Time</title> 0033 0034 <para>You can use this module to alter the system date and time, using a 0035 convenient graphical interface.</para> 0036 0037 <note><para>As these settings do not only affect you as a user, 0038 but rather the whole system, you must have system administrator (<systemitem 0039 class="username">root</systemitem>) access to change the system date and 0040 time. If you do not have this access level, this module will only show 0041 you the current settings, but your changes will not be saved.</para></note> 0042 0043 <sect2 id="date-change"> 0044 <title>Date and Time</title> 0045 0046 <para>If you check <guilabel>Set date and time automatically</guilabel> 0047 this module will use <acronym>systemd</acronym> to fetch date and time.</para> 0048 0049 <para>On a computer without <acronym>systemd</acronym> the <acronym>NTP</acronym> 0050 utilities <command>rdate</command> or <command>ntpdate</command> are used. 0051 If these utilities are missing please install them. 0052 </para> 0053 0054 <para>When you log in to the &plasma; session while being online or when you later 0055 connect to the Internet the access to one or more <acronym>NTP</acronym> servers happens.</para> 0056 <para>This is not sufficient, however, for maintaining an accurate clock in the long run. 0057 This is useful for occasionally setting the time on machines that do not have full-time 0058 network access, such as laptops. 0059 </para> 0060 0061 <para>If you do not use a time server, you are able to set the date manually 0062 in the calendar.</para> 0063 <para>Use the controls at the bottom of the calendar 0064 to select the current date, enter the date in the edit box or select the 0065 week of the year from the drop down box.</para> 0066 0067 <para>You set the time using the spin boxes at the bottom of the analog clock. 0068 You can also directly enter your value.</para> 0069 </sect2> 0070 0071 <sect2 id="date-time-tone"> 0072 <title>Time Zone</title> 0073 <para>To set a new time zone, simply select your area from the list below. 0074 Use the filter box to find the desired <guilabel>Area</guilabel> or <guilabel>Region</guilabel>.</para> 0075 </sect2> 0076 0077 </sect1> 0078 0079 </article>