CentOS 5.6

GNU/Linux	CentOS 5.6
	rdate(1)

RDATE

NAME

rdate − get the time via the network

rdate [−p] [−s] [−u] [−l] [−t sec] [host...]

rdate connects to an RFC 868 time server over a TCP/IP network, printing 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.

2004−03−16 Johan Nilsson <joh-nils@dsv.su.se>

Timeout support added.

2002−11−06 Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com>

Patch from Tomek Orzechowski <orzech@pld.org.pl> - alarm(10) to not wait forever for connections.

2001−05−23 Phil Knirsch <pknirsch@redhat.com>

Added UDP protocol support. Close the connection after message handling in conformance to RFC 868.

2002−03−07 Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com>

Add syslog functionality.

2000−02−04 Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com>

Wrote it (previous incarnation had license problems, all 200 lines of it).

rdate(1)