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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, print-
       ing 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 retreive date.

HISTORY
       2004-03-16 Johan Nilsson 
	      Timeout support added.

       2002-11-06 Elliot Lee 
	      Patch from Tomek Orzechowski  - alarm(10) to
	      not wait forever for connections.

       2001-05-23 Phil Knirsch 
	      Added UDP protocol support.  Close the connection after message
	      handling in conformance to RFC 868.

       2002-03-07 Elliot Lee 
	      Add syslog functionality.

       2000-02-04 Elliot Lee 
	      Wrote  it	 (previous  incarnation had license problems, all 200
	      lines of it).



Utilities			   May 2001			     RDATE(1)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. time
2. as