NAME
rdate —
set the system's date from a
remote host
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
rdate displays and sets the local date and time from the host
name or address given as the argument. It uses the RFC 868 protocol which is
usually implemented as a built-in service of
inetd(8).
Available options:
-
-
- -p
- Do not set, just print the remote time
-
-
- -s
- Do not print the time.
-
-
- -a
- Use the
adjtime(2) call to
gradually skew the local time to the remote time rather than just
hopping.
FILES
- /var/log/wtmp
- A record of date resets and time changes.
SEE ALSO
adjtime(2),
gettimeofday(2),
utmp(5),
inetd(8)