rdate (1) - Linux Manuals

rdate: get the time via the network

NAME

rdate - get the time via the network

SYNOPSIS

rdate [-p] [-s] [-u] [-l] [-t sec] [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 the transport.

-l

Use syslog to output errors (cron.warning) and output (cron.info).

-t

Set timeout in seconds for every attempt to retrieve date.

HISTORY

2004-03-16 Johan Nilsson <joh-nils [at] dsv.su.se>

Timeout support added.

2002-11-06 Elliot Lee <sopwith [at] redhat.com>

Patch from Tomek Orzechowski <orzech [at] pld.org.pl> - alarm(10) to not wait forever for connections.

2001-05-23 Phil Knirsch <pknirsch [at] redhat.com>

Added UDP protocol support. Close the connection after message handling in conformance to RFC 868.

2002-03-07 Elliot Lee <sopwith [at] redhat.com>

Add syslog functionality.

2000-02-04 Elliot Lee <sopwith [at] redhat.com>

Wrote it (previous incarnation had license problems, all 200 lines of it).