How would I go about changing the system date from inside my container? I have a lot of time-dependent code, and changing the system time is the easiest way to test things.
date -s "27 OCT 2017 7:44:00" doesn’t persist.
Thanks,
Brad
Hi, the devices are running the NTP service (systemd-timesync) to set up the correct time. I’m guessing that time syncing is the part that doesn’t make your changes stick.
Just tried it out, and in the host OS, I see in the logs I can see the systemd[1]: Time has been changed entries that resets to the correct time after issuing the command you posted.
If you need to test with setting the time, would suggest the following:
- use the
.devversion of resinOS for your development, which opens up the system more - when you have the
.dev, you can log into the host OS using the resin-cli: for exampleresin local ssh --host <IP> - stop the time synchronization (with
systemctl stop systemd-timesyncd) - do your time manipulation inside the user container as you’ve mentioned…
Some extra notes: this will work only on your local network (due to the the resin local ssh); and do not use .dev devices in production, they are open access by default, only for development; changing the time might have effect on other parts of the system which is good to keep in mind when debugging.
Hope this helps!
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Working great, thanks!
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