rdate

 

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 RDATE(1)                     Red Hat                     RDATE(1)
 
 
 
NAME
        rdate - get the time via the network
 
SYNOPSIS
        rdate [-p] [-s] [-u] [host...]
 
DESCRIPTION
        rdate  connects  to  an  RFC 868 time server over a TCP/IP
        network, printing the returned  time  and/or  setting  the
        system clock.
 
    OPTIONS
        -p     Print the time returned by the remote machine.
 
        -s     Set the system time to the returned time.
 
        -u     Use UDP instead of TCP as transfer protocol.
 
 HISTORY
        2001-05-23 Phil Knirsch <pknirsch@redhat.com>
               Added  UDP  protocol support.  Close the connection
               after message handling in conformance to RFC 868.
 
        2000-02-04 Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com>
               Wrote it (previous incarnation  had  license  prob­
               lems, all 200 lines of it).
 
 
 
 Utilities                    May 2001                    RDATE(1)

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