RDATE(1)

NAME
rdate - get the date and time via the network

SYNOPSIS
rdate [ host ... ]

DESCRIPTION
Rdate uses TCP to retrieve the current time of another machine using using the protocol described in RFC 868. The time for each system is returned in ctime(3) format. The following is an example:

    % rdate uci mc
    [uci-icsa.arpa]	Sun Mar 24 20:35:41 1985
    [mit-mc.arpa]	Sun Mar 24 20:36:19 1985

FILES
/etc/services	map service name to socket number
/etc/hosts	map host name to internet address

HISTORY

24-Mar-85  Lee Moore at University of Rochester
    Created.