hwclock: Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method

Question

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I'm using the Ubuntu bash shell provided by Windows 10 and I want to see my hardware clock time by using hwclock but I keep getting Errors.

hwclock

root@DESKTOP:/home/blondinl# hwclock
hwclock: Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method.
hwclock: Use the --debug option to see the details of our search for an access method.

When I use the --debug option

root@DESKTOP:/home/blondinl# hwclock -- debug
hwclock from util-linux 2.27.1
hwclock: cannot open /dev/rtc: No such file or directory
No usable clock interface found.
hwclock: Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method.

I have tried to use timedatectl

root@DESKTOP:/home/blondinl# timedatectl
Failed to create bus connection: No such file or directory

I have searched an answer on the internet but couldn't found any. Maybe it's because I'm using the linux bash on Windows I don't know. I look forward to your help

Answer 1

It seems to be a wsl bug that may yet to be fixed. I am still facing it today.

https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/5324

https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4245

Sorry I don't really have time to provide extra info or read into it but maybe you could.