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  • "36min left" = "36min left until 01:56:06". They are using a generic function to display a relative time, and since it is supposed to be a time in the past, only "ago" is meaningful in this context. That said, what does uptime display? Commented Nov 22, 2023 at 19:08
  • By that time, the uptime displayed: $ uptime 01:20:58 up 25 min, 3 users, load average: 0.26, 0.13, 0.14 Commented Nov 22, 2023 at 19:17
  • I'd say 36+24=60 minutes difference between the system startup and that systemctl time reference Commented Nov 22, 2023 at 19:20
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    After further digging, I found that NTP is not enabled and the machine is maintaining the RTC in the local timezone. I can see 1-hour jumps in the system messages file during reboot. Still the output of "systemctl status" was confusing and distracting. Commented Nov 22, 2023 at 20:21