From 00aad1290aa665b1bc3ccd90728773f934ad662f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tert0 <tert0byte@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 00:27:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] nixos/tests/restic: fix setting time in tests

Use `date -s` instead of `timedatectl set-time` because it fails with
`Failed to set time: Requested to set the clock to time before build time, refusing.`
---
 nixos/tests/restic.nix | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nixos/tests/restic.nix b/nixos/tests/restic.nix
index 68777215c035..68ce843879b3 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/restic.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/restic.nix
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ in
 
     restic.succeed(
         # test that remotebackup runs custom commands and produces a snapshot
-        "timedatectl set-time '2016-12-13 13:45'",
+        "date -s '2016-12-13 13:45'",
         "systemctl start restic-backups-remotebackup.service",
         "rm /root/backupCleanupCommand",
         'restic-remotebackup snapshots --json | ${pkgs.jq}/bin/jq "length | . == 1"',
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ in
 
     restic.succeed(
         # test that remotebackup runs custom commands and produces a snapshot
-        "timedatectl set-time '2016-12-13 13:45'",
+        "date -s '2016-12-13 13:45'",
         "systemctl start restic-backups-remotebackup.service",
         "rm /root/backupCleanupCommand",
         'restic-remotebackup snapshots --json | ${pkgs.jq}/bin/jq "length | . == 1"',
@@ -297,27 +297,27 @@ in
         "grep 'check.* --some-check-option' /root/fake-restic.log",
 
         # test that we can create four snapshots in remotebackup and rclonebackup
-        "timedatectl set-time '2017-12-13 13:45'",
+        "date -s '2017-12-13 13:45'",
         "systemctl start restic-backups-remotebackup.service",
         "rm /root/backupCleanupCommand",
         "systemctl start restic-backups-rclonebackup.service",
 
-        "timedatectl set-time '2018-12-13 13:45'",
+        "date -s '2018-12-13 13:45'",
         "systemctl start restic-backups-remotebackup.service",
         "rm /root/backupCleanupCommand",
         "systemctl start restic-backups-rclonebackup.service",
 
-        "timedatectl set-time '2018-12-14 13:45'",
+        "date -s '2018-12-14 13:45'",
         "systemctl start restic-backups-remotebackup.service",
         "rm /root/backupCleanupCommand",
         "systemctl start restic-backups-rclonebackup.service",
 
-        "timedatectl set-time '2018-12-15 13:45'",
+        "date -s '2018-12-15 13:45'",
         "systemctl start restic-backups-remotebackup.service",
         "rm /root/backupCleanupCommand",
         "systemctl start restic-backups-rclonebackup.service",
 
-        "timedatectl set-time '2018-12-16 13:45'",
+        "date -s '2018-12-16 13:45'",
         "systemctl start restic-backups-remotebackup.service",
         "rm /root/backupCleanupCommand",
         "systemctl start restic-backups-rclonebackup.service",