$ timedatectl
Local time: Thu 2017-03-16 10:03:19 EDT
Universal time: Thu 2017-03-16 14:03:19 UTC
RTC time: Wed 1970-01-14 20:06:13
Time zone: America/New_York (EDT, -0400)
Network time on: yes
NTP synchronized: yes
RTC in local TZ: no
The service overrides it and reports an error
ar 16 14:06:27 patsdragon dbus[1683]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.timedate1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.timedate1.service'
Mar 16 14:06:27 patsdragon systemd[1]: Starting Time & Date Service...
Mar 16 14:06:27 patsdragon dbus[1683]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.timedate1'
Mar 16 14:06:27 patsdragon systemd-timedated[7428]: /etc/localtime should be a symbolic link to a time zone data file in /usr/share/zoneinfo/.
Mar 16 14:06:27 patsdragon systemd[1]: Started Time & Date Service.
Time is reset to UTC
pat-mcgowan@patsdragon:~$ timedatectl
Local time: Thu 2017-03-16 14:06:27 UTC
Universal time: Thu 2017-03-16 14:06:27 UTC
RTC time: Wed 1970-01-14 20:09:21
Time zone: n/a (UTC, +0000)
Network time on: yes
NTP synchronized: yes
RTC in local TZ: no
Using snapweb to set a correct local time.
$ timedatectl
Local time: Thu 2017-03-16 10:03:19 EDT
Universal time: Thu 2017-03-16 14:03:19 UTC
RTC time: Wed 1970-01-14 20:06:13
Time zone: America/New_York (EDT, -0400)
Network time on: yes
NTP synchronized: yes
RTC in local TZ: no
The service overrides it and reports an error
ar 16 14:06:27 patsdragon dbus[1683]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org. freedesktop. timedate1' unit='dbus- org.freedesktop .timedate1. service' p.timedate1' timedated[ 7428]: /etc/localtime should be a symbolic link to a time zone data file in /usr/share/ zoneinfo/ .
Mar 16 14:06:27 patsdragon systemd[1]: Starting Time & Date Service...
Mar 16 14:06:27 patsdragon dbus[1683]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedeskto
Mar 16 14:06:27 patsdragon systemd-
Mar 16 14:06:27 patsdragon systemd[1]: Started Time & Date Service.
Time is reset to UTC
pat-mcgowan@ patsdragon: ~$ timedatectl
Local time: Thu 2017-03-16 14:06:27 UTC
Universal time: Thu 2017-03-16 14:06:27 UTC
RTC time: Wed 1970-01-14 20:09:21
Time zone: n/a (UTC, +0000)
Network time on: yes
NTP synchronized: yes
RTC in local TZ: no