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I have an Ubuntu Server 18.04.1 LTS in a lab environment where I need to set the date a couple of years back in time (e.g. 2016-04-22). I can set the older date/time without any issues but the OS always resets the date/time to 2018-01-28 15:58 whenever I power the server back on. How can I prevent this?

I found a log message in /var/log/syslog indicating that the OS is switching to the previous build time: systemd[1]: System time before build time, advancing clock.

Kenzie MacNeil
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Try disabling the systemd-timesyncd service:

sudo systemctl disable systemd-timesyncd

You can check if the service is running using:

sudo service systemd-timesyncd status

You can stop the service manually (one time) using:

sudo service systemd-timesyncd stop
Kristopher Ives
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  • Sadly, the Local and Universal times still get reset to the build time when I reboot. I made your suggested changes then entered: `sudo timedatectl set-time "2007-08-10 02:00:00"` After the reboot the time was: `$ timedatectl Local time: Sun 2018-01-28 15:59:06 UTC Universal time: Sun 2018-01-28 15:59:06 UTC RTC time: Fri 2007-08-10 02:01:25 Time zone: UTC (UTC, +0000) System clock synchronized: no system-timesyncd.service active: no RTC in local TZ: no` – Kenzie MacNeil Sep 25 '18 at 16:17