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)