diff --git a/src/frostfs_testlib/storage/controllers/cluster_state_controller.py b/src/frostfs_testlib/storage/controllers/cluster_state_controller.py
index 3a10ded..6370033 100644
--- a/src/frostfs_testlib/storage/controllers/cluster_state_controller.py
+++ b/src/frostfs_testlib/storage/controllers/cluster_state_controller.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import datetime
 import itertools
 import logging
 import time
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from typing import TypeVar
 
 import frostfs_testlib.resources.optionals as optionals
@@ -390,31 +390,23 @@ class ClusterStateController:
     @reporter.step("Get node time")
     def get_node_date(self, node: ClusterNode) -> datetime:
         shell = node.host.get_shell()
-        return datetime.datetime.strptime(shell.exec("hwclock -r").stdout.strip(), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f%z")
+        return datetime.strptime(shell.exec('date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"').stdout.strip(), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
 
     @reporter.step("Set node time to {in_date}")
     def change_node_date(self, node: ClusterNode, in_date: datetime) -> None:
         shell = node.host.get_shell()
-        shell.exec(f"date -s @{time.mktime(in_date.timetuple())}")
-        shell.exec("hwclock --systohc")
+        in_date_frmt = in_date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+        shell.exec(f"timedatectl set-time '{in_date_frmt}'")
         node_time = self.get_node_date(node)
         with reporter.step(f"Verify difference between {node_time} and {in_date} is less than a minute"):
-            assert (self.get_node_date(node) - in_date) < datetime.timedelta(minutes=1)
+            assert (node_time - in_date).total_seconds() < 60
 
-    @reporter.step(f"Restore time")
+    @reporter.step("Restore time")
     def restore_node_date(self, node: ClusterNode) -> None:
         shell = node.host.get_shell()
-        now_time = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc)
+        now_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
         with reporter.step(f"Set {now_time} time"):
-            shell.exec(f"date -s @{time.mktime(now_time.timetuple())}")
-            shell.exec("hwclock --systohc")
-
-    @reporter.step("Change the synchronizer status to {status}")
-    def set_sync_date_all_nodes(self, status: str):
-        if status == "active":
-            parallel(self._enable_date_synchronizer, self.cluster.cluster_nodes)
-            return
-        parallel(self._disable_date_synchronizer, self.cluster.cluster_nodes)
+            shell.exec(f"timedatectl set-time '{now_time}'")
 
     @reporter.step("Set MaintenanceModeAllowed - {status}")
     def set_maintenance_mode_allowed(self, status: str, cluster_node: ClusterNode) -> None:
@@ -500,16 +492,6 @@ class ClusterStateController:
         frostfs_cli_remote = FrostfsCli(shell=shell, frostfs_cli_exec_path=FROSTFS_CLI_EXEC, config_file=wallet_config_path)
         return frostfs_adm, frostfs_cli, frostfs_cli_remote
 
-    def _enable_date_synchronizer(self, cluster_node: ClusterNode):
-        shell = cluster_node.host.get_shell()
-        shell.exec("timedatectl set-ntp true")
-        cluster_node.host.wait_for_service_to_be_in_state("systemd-timesyncd", "active", 15)
-
-    def _disable_date_synchronizer(self, cluster_node: ClusterNode):
-        shell = cluster_node.host.get_shell()
-        shell.exec("timedatectl set-ntp false")
-        cluster_node.host.wait_for_service_to_be_in_state("systemd-timesyncd", "inactive", 15)
-
     def _get_disk_controller(self, node: StorageNode, device: str, mountpoint: str) -> DiskController:
         disk_controller_id = DiskController.get_id(node, device)
         if disk_controller_id in self.detached_disks.keys():