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RDATE(8)                  BSD System Manager's Manual                 RDATE(8)

NAME
     rdate -- set the system's date from a remote host

SYNOPSIS
     rdate [-psa] host

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)

BSD                             April 30, 1994                             BSD

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | FILES | SEE ALSO