I need to set the date to several years in the future in order to test something. When I do this via the date command, the date returns back almost instantly (or within a few seconds).
# timedatectl set-time 2025-12-06 20:41:41 # date Sat 6 Dec 20:41:43 GMT 2025 # date Sat 6 Dec 20:41:44 GMT 2025 # date Sun 6 Dec 20:41:48 GMT 2020 I’m not using ntp (that I know of). # timedatectl timesync-status Failed to query server: The name org.freedesktop.timesync1 was not provided by any .service files # timedatectl show Timezone=Europe/London LocalRTC=no CanNTP=no NTP=no NTPSynchronized=no TimeUSec=Sun 2020-12-06 20:37:19 GMT RTCTimeUSec=Sun 2020-12-06 18:51:22 GMT How can I stop (temporarily) the system from automatically setting the date so that I can set it forward?
