<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
      type="topic" style="task"
      id="clock-set">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="clock" group="#first"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.8.0" date="2013-03-09" status="candidate"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-11-01" status="review"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="final"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.28" date="2018-04-09" status="review"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.33.3" date="2019-07-21" status="review"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.37.3" date="2020-08-05" status="review"/>
    <revision version="gnome:46" status="review" date="2024-03-02"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
      <email>[email protected]</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Michael Hill</name>
      <email>[email protected]</email>
    </credit>

    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>

    <desc>Use the <gui>Date &amp; Time Settings</gui> to alter the date or
    time.</desc>
  </info>

<title>Change the date and time</title>

  <p>If the date and time displayed on the top bar are incorrect or in the
  wrong format, you can change them:</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and
      start typing <gui>System</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Select <guiseq><gui>Settings</gui><gui>System</gui></guiseq> from the
      results. This will open the <gui>System</gui> panel.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Select <gui>Date &amp; Time</gui> to open the panel.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>If you have the <gui>Automatic Date &amp; Time</gui> switch set to on,
      your date and time should update automatically if you have an internet
      connection. To update your date and time manually, set this to off.</p>
    </item> 
    <item>
      <p>Click <gui>Date &amp; Time</gui>, then adjust the time and date.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>You can change how the hour is displayed by selecting
      <gui>24-hour</gui> or <gui>AM/PM</gui> for <gui>Time Format</gui>.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <p>You may also wish to <link xref="clock-timezone">set the timezone
  manually</link>.</p>

</page>